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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
WOW!! Favorite of the year, worth all the hype. I can’t wait to watch this when it inevitably becomes a movie. I was hooked the entire time.
Could not put this down! Definitely an emotional roller coaster of the trauma generations of women and mothers have had to carry interweaved with some psychological thrill. Hug your mom - she was a person before she was a momma.
3 (three) stars, rounded up from 2.75.
This is a “hot book” right now. I had to wait a few weeks to get this book from the library; currently my library app says this book has a one year(!) wait. While I whizzed through the approximate 300 pages in two days, I didn’t love this book.
Blythe is a mother for whom parenting doesn’t come naturally. She comes from a line of poor parenting, and she has suspicions that her daughter has serious behavioral/psychological issues. Her husband, an a-hole disguised as not an a-hole, does not listen to her concerns nor does he try to remedy the increasing difficult relationship between mother and daughter. Tragic events damage Blythe permanently. She feels certain that the tragic event happened in a certain way, but no one else sees it that way. Who is right? Why do they all such weird names? Does nature make you nurture a certain way? Is poor parenting an unbreakable cycle?
I found most of these characters unlikeable. The men are all flawed, and the women are chained down by motherhood. I am a mother, and I know it’s hard, especially at first and especially with your first. I know not every woman wants to be a mother and I don’t think every woman needs to be a mother. It’s an intensely personal, life changing choice. But the child created never asked to be born, no matter what the mother feels. It’s a decision that the wise will ponder. It’s true that mothering can be difficult at times mentally, and it physically changes your body – and the reader hears quite a lot about Blythe’s boob’s decline in appearance. I felt like there was mention of boob related words on every other page. A better summary of this book is pretty much boo-hoo, I had a healthy child and I can’t love her because there’s something broken in me and now she’s got serious issues.
This isn’t the first “hot” book I’ve been disappointed with. It’s like motherhood – just because everyone talks about it doesn’t mean it’s for you.
This is a “hot book” right now. I had to wait a few weeks to get this book from the library; currently my library app says this book has a one year(!) wait. While I whizzed through the approximate 300 pages in two days, I didn’t love this book.
Blythe is a mother for whom parenting doesn’t come naturally. She comes from a line of poor parenting, and she has suspicions that her daughter has serious behavioral/psychological issues. Her husband, an a-hole disguised as not an a-hole, does not listen to her concerns nor does he try to remedy the increasing difficult relationship between mother and daughter. Tragic events damage Blythe permanently. She feels certain that the tragic event happened in a certain way, but no one else sees it that way. Who is right? Why do they all such weird names? Does nature make you nurture a certain way? Is poor parenting an unbreakable cycle?
I found most of these characters unlikeable. The men are all flawed, and the women are chained down by motherhood. I am a mother, and I know it’s hard, especially at first and especially with your first. I know not every woman wants to be a mother and I don’t think every woman needs to be a mother. It’s an intensely personal, life changing choice. But the child created never asked to be born, no matter what the mother feels. It’s a decision that the wise will ponder. It’s true that mothering can be difficult at times mentally, and it physically changes your body – and the reader hears quite a lot about Blythe’s boob’s decline in appearance. I felt like there was mention of boob related words on every other page. A better summary of this book is pretty much boo-hoo, I had a healthy child and I can’t love her because there’s something broken in me and now she’s got serious issues.
This isn’t the first “hot” book I’ve been disappointed with. It’s like motherhood – just because everyone talks about it doesn’t mean it’s for you.
dark
sad
tense
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Loved it. Tense until the end. Wish the ending had been a little more vague but minor criticism
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Yikes! This is one of the most intense and disturbing books I’ve read. About the struggles and dangers of motherhood, but also a thriller and a horror story. Creeped me out and I don’t know if I could have read it if I was a mom.
Definitely disturbing, but impossible to put down. It reminded me of how I felt when I read “We Need to Talk About Kevin”. I would describe it as a thriller with psychological undertones. The flashbacks to the two generations before provide for lots to think about and discuss.