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illidia316's review
4.0
I really enjoyed the characters in this book. Maggie is full of self doubt and fears, but as the story progresses she learns who she is and what her place is in her new world. During her journey, she makes quirky new friends and has many new experiences. While the story is one I’ve read a few times before, the characters make this one worth the read.
jenmat1197's review
4.0
This is the story of 53 year old Maggie. She is a wife and mother who has led a full and busy life. After 28 years of marriage, her husband comes home one day and says he wants a divorce. He has met a younger woman and he is moving out. Maggies world is suddenly turned upside down. She starts to rebuild her life by taking a trip to Rome. This was a vacation she was supposed to do with her husband, so she decides not to cancel and take it by herself. She meets a woman on the plane who she befriends. This woman is spending 6 months abroad, and offers Maggie her home while she is away to Maggie and start her life over. She starts to figure out how she is going to live alone when her husband approaches her with new information. Then Maggie has a choice to make that throws her into trumoil.
This book was fine. It was a fast and easy read. It was predictable and Maggie wasn't that likable. The ending was predicatable and disappointing. I was hoping for a funny, light summer read, but all I got was light and boring.
Eh - I would skip it.
This book was fine. It was a fast and easy read. It was predictable and Maggie wasn't that likable. The ending was predicatable and disappointing. I was hoping for a funny, light summer read, but all I got was light and boring.
Eh - I would skip it.
mads_gwen's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
buzasjanka's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
megmitch86's review
4.0
This isn't usually the type of book I go for, but HOO BOY, I sure am sitting here ugly crying at the subway station.
spinningjenny's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
paigedc's review
3.0
A somewhat depressing look at midlife through the eyes of Maggie Half-Moon Harris, saved only by the fact that Maggie learns to be a very resilient and empowered woman by the end.
With two grown children and a mediocre job, Maggie's husband up and leaves her one day, declaring he's fallen in love with someone else. Maggie is in a tailspin but slowly takes control of her unwanted but newfound life. She goes to Rome by herself. She makes new friends. She gets a new job. She interacts with her children in new ways. She tries dating. She...responds to her ex-husband's desire to reconnect?! Through it all, Maggie learns about herself, puts on her big girl panties, and forges ahead with her life.
It wasn't my very favorite because it did paint a bit of a bleak picture for what love and marriage can be like in the late 40s/50s, and I don't want to believe that's true. But it did seem like a true account in Maggie's life. And I liked Maggie's growth through the story and the few minor characters who came along as well.
With two grown children and a mediocre job, Maggie's husband up and leaves her one day, declaring he's fallen in love with someone else. Maggie is in a tailspin but slowly takes control of her unwanted but newfound life. She goes to Rome by herself. She makes new friends. She gets a new job. She interacts with her children in new ways. She tries dating. She...responds to her ex-husband's desire to reconnect?! Through it all, Maggie learns about herself, puts on her big girl panties, and forges ahead with her life.
It wasn't my very favorite because it did paint a bit of a bleak picture for what love and marriage can be like in the late 40s/50s, and I don't want to believe that's true. But it did seem like a true account in Maggie's life. And I liked Maggie's growth through the story and the few minor characters who came along as well.