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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well written, but with the fatal flaw that will date the book immediately...dropping brands into the writing. The story is sweet and a bit predictable, but a sweet story all the same.
I… don’t understand how this has a high rating. I don’t. First, the writing is all telling rather than showing, overridden with cliches—a lot of “a single tear slid down her cheek” moments. Second, the characters are ick. Like a lot of “natural mother”hood—things you only do if you’re a true mother. Patting of hard biceps. Quick emotional turnarounds when they are convenient.
Third, and most important, the idea that you get to use a foster kid to fix your own emotional state is FUCKING OFFENSIVE. Children in the foster system are incredibly vulnerable. You don’t get to pick one out at fourteen and use him to build back your family or fix your marriage or get back your muse. That is beyond tasteless. Also—you told a kid—who thought he might be getting adopted—that the potential dad was on his way to get him when he was hit by a drunk driver and killed? And you don’t expect a lot of guilt surrounding that one event? And you have your guy bringing home a child that only he has met to potentially adopt to fix your sadness over your inability to be a mother as if you’re broken? And then, when you find this kid three years later he has open emotions and trusts you and your new boyfriend and wants to hang out? No. Absolutely not.
Third, and most important, the idea that you get to use a foster kid to fix your own emotional state is FUCKING OFFENSIVE. Children in the foster system are incredibly vulnerable. You don’t get to pick one out at fourteen and use him to build back your family or fix your marriage or get back your muse. That is beyond tasteless. Also—you told a kid—who thought he might be getting adopted—that the potential dad was on his way to get him when he was hit by a drunk driver and killed? And you don’t expect a lot of guilt surrounding that one event? And you have your guy bringing home a child that only he has met to potentially adopt to fix your sadness over your inability to be a mother as if you’re broken? And then, when you find this kid three years later he has open emotions and trusts you and your new boyfriend and wants to hang out? No. Absolutely not.
I seem to be an outlier but I did not like this book. I liked Whitaker. Liked his banter with Claire. Got to where I could care less about Claire. Got really tired of the detailed meal descriptions and descriptions of every street and restaurant in St. Pete. I really, really wanted to finish the Unfinished Story and only continued because it is a book club pick. I am trying to put my finger on why I did not find it compelling. Too much detail given and a lot of telling rather than showing, I think.
Love this book! Great story! Great ending! Super enjoyable read!
I accidently read two incredibly dark books in a row, so it was a pleasure to read a novel that had a positive message even though it did have dark themes.
Claire lost her husband in accident three years ago. When she finds the manuscript he’d been working on, she knows it’s good—but it needs an ending. She reaches out to a writer who has been coasting off the success of his one novel but is not doing a great job of living life. At first, Whitaker doesn’t want to even read a chapter, but once he gets into the story, he’s compelled to track down how David came to write this novel and how much is based on truth and how much is completely made up. Lesson are learned. Characters grow and change.
Claire lost her husband in accident three years ago. When she finds the manuscript he’d been working on, she knows it’s good—but it needs an ending. She reaches out to a writer who has been coasting off the success of his one novel but is not doing a great job of living life. At first, Whitaker doesn’t want to even read a chapter, but once he gets into the story, he’s compelled to track down how David came to write this novel and how much is based on truth and how much is completely made up. Lesson are learned. Characters grow and change.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse
3.5 Heartwarming and slow_paced healing story
A widower who was grieving her dead husband for more than three years and still putting her wedding ring, regardless of the many therapy group she had, have forced to meet a writer who published his hit book 10 years ago and have been in a writer block for a long time and dealt with a divorce, and that to finish her late husband unfinished book.
Two people have met each other at a low point of their life and start to deal with all the anger and frustration together.
It was a nice read, although, it was slow at the first part, but picked up later in the second half. And i have to say that there was a lot of repetitive self-monologues that drag the story even slower.
One last note, the book have extra 50 pages than the number of pages mentioned in the details tab above.
A widower who was grieving her dead husband for more than three years and still putting her wedding ring, regardless of the many therapy group she had, have forced to meet a writer who published his hit book 10 years ago and have been in a writer block for a long time and dealt with a divorce, and that to finish her late husband unfinished book.
Two people have met each other at a low point of their life and start to deal with all the anger and frustration together.
It was a nice read, although, it was slow at the first part, but picked up later in the second half. And i have to say that there was a lot of repetitive self-monologues that drag the story even slower.
One last note, the book have extra 50 pages than the number of pages mentioned in the details tab above.