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2.98 AVERAGE
2.98 AVERAGE
Be prepared for a heart-wrenching story. These characters have serious issues.
This book was amazingly creepy in all the right ways. The writing was easy to read and the pages flew by. This is one book I wish would have never ended.
A bit depressing, but that's life. Makes me grateful for all the wonderful, loving people I can call family.
This was a pretty quick read for me. The story really drew me in - although it was emotionally painful at times. I liked hearing the different character's points of view, it made the difficult situations more nuanced. I'm glad she took the time to see it from all angles.
This book was amazingly creepy in all the right ways. The writing was easy to read and the pages flew by. This is one book I wish would have never ended.
Vinegar Hill is definitely full of dysfunction. This story is about a dysfunctional family. Very powerful suspense ful but most of all filled with compassion. This story isnt for everyone as alot of hard subjects such as abuse are one of the main subjects in this book but overall this was a very well written book.
Oprah really does a great job with her book picks, and Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay is no exception.
Ellen’s husband James lost his job, and instead of being proactive to find a new one, he moves them and their two children, Amy and Herbert, to his parents’ house in another state.
Wouldn’t be too terrible except that James’s dad is abusive both physically to James and verbally to everyone. And his mother is not nice at all to anyone in the family except for her beloved James, her baby who cannot do any wrong.
Ellen is miserable, the kids are miserable, seems like James’s parents aren’t too happy either, but James is perfectly content.
Will Ellen ever get up the courage to make some decisions on her own and make a change to better her family, with or without James?
This book is a more subtle read about family that, although it’s not some mind-blowing plot, kept me interested from page 1. Worth the read. But don’t take my word for it, Oprah did choose it a few years ago for her book club.
Are you a fan of Oprah’s book choices?
Thanks for reading,
Rebecca @ Love at First Book
Ellen’s husband James lost his job, and instead of being proactive to find a new one, he moves them and their two children, Amy and Herbert, to his parents’ house in another state.
Wouldn’t be too terrible except that James’s dad is abusive both physically to James and verbally to everyone. And his mother is not nice at all to anyone in the family except for her beloved James, her baby who cannot do any wrong.
Ellen is miserable, the kids are miserable, seems like James’s parents aren’t too happy either, but James is perfectly content.
Will Ellen ever get up the courage to make some decisions on her own and make a change to better her family, with or without James?
This book is a more subtle read about family that, although it’s not some mind-blowing plot, kept me interested from page 1. Worth the read. But don’t take my word for it, Oprah did choose it a few years ago for her book club.
Are you a fan of Oprah’s book choices?
Thanks for reading,
Rebecca @ Love at First Book
I liked this book, despite the fact that I kept expecting things to turn around for the main character and they just kept getting worse.
Disclaimer: generally, I'm not one for character-driven stories. I prefer plots. This is very much a book about the characters and their lives. There really isn't much of a plot at all.
That being said, the writing was good and you really got an understanding of where the various characters were coming from and why they were the way they were. I probably would have liked it better if it wasn't so goddamn bleak and depressing. I can't even say the ending leaves me with any real hope that things will get better for Ellen and her kids. I'd like to think it does, but with how it ends, everything still feels unresolved and unsatisfying. It doesn't feel like the cycle will be broken yet.
That being said, the writing was good and you really got an understanding of where the various characters were coming from and why they were the way they were. I probably would have liked it better if it wasn't so goddamn bleak and depressing. I can't even say the ending leaves me with any real hope that things will get better for Ellen and her kids. I'd like to think it does, but with how it ends, everything still feels unresolved and unsatisfying. It doesn't feel like the cycle will be broken yet.
