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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Historien er troverdig nok, den ligner på alle andre addicts' tanker og følelser, men en god del hendelser er puttet inn for å skape litt drama, men det følges ikke opp. Helt okei hvis du har lest lite i psykisk helse-/ruskategoriene før, men det ble bare enda en i mengden for min del.
Tale of suburban housewife's slow descent into pain killer addiction. It was very effecting and had a lot to say about women in the "sandwich generation."
This was to addiction what "Orange is the New Black" is to prison. Cute, humorous, kept my attention, but disturbingly sugar coated. Also, Jennifer Weiner is clearly super excited to live in the Philadelphia area and enjoy the cultural offerings of its Jewish population, but I'm pretty sure moms from Haverford don't drive to the Cherry Hill JCC on a regular basis. And maybe she could mention Cherry Hill a few more times so that we absolutely get the message that her protagonist is a Jewish suburbanite (Although if you're not from that area, would you even understand/care?) That said, I'll definitely listen to more of her audiobooks in the car - it was a cute, enjoyable story, but probably not anything I'd spend time reading at home.
One of my favs of this author. Much better dialogue. Would like to know why she wrote it or how she got the incredible detail.
MMD Challenge - Reading for Fun: excited to borrow but haven't read yet
MMD Challenge - Reading for Fun: excited to borrow but haven't read yet
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This story was emotional and heartbreaking. It is one of the best books I have read this year.
I am hovering between a 2 or 3 star rating. I can't say I didn't like it, but at the same time it was just okay. I thought Allison was weak and whiny. She takes pills because her father is ill, her daughter is a handful, her mother is absent, her husband is not exactly what she wants, etc. etc. At the same time, she has a great job that fell into her lap, she has a big house and enough money to pay for these pills. It's called LIFE! I'm sorry, but there are people out there with way worse problems and she came across as snobbish and spoiled. I do, however, somewhat understand how a person could become addicted to these prescription medications, it seems there's a story in the new about it every day. I guess this book was just not what I was expecting. I really would have liked to read David's POV. I think reading about someone else looking at her addiction would have been more interesting. Wow, reading back through this review, I make it sound like a horrible book! It's really not, it has good points, especially when she is finally in rehab.