4.0 AVERAGE

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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
challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced

Gorgeous, compelling writing about women with ordinary lives. Forever a Claire Lombardo fan girl. Thankful to have an author like her in the writing community.
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was such a slow book for me. I’d wanted to read it so much I churned through. Perhaps it wasn’t the right time for me to read it, but I felt like it was super slow and then ended too fast. I was also disappointed by the fact that the most genuine relationship in the book got such little exploration in the story though the impact is still felt. That being said, the book was genuine and relatable. 
emotional reflective slow-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
challenging emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to like this book but I found myself struggling. The hard, challenging times and the family dynamics made me anxious. I acknowledge the realities that this author depicted in her writing but I just don’t think I was in the right mindset to grasp it all and appreciate it.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes