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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ah, kind of sad, definitely.
The story is told over a 24 hour time span. It's also split into two stories, Renata who has just gotten engaged and decides to visit her godmother who she hasn't seen since her mom died 15 years earlier.
Then, Marguerite, who is Renata's godmother. Renata's father has forbidden her to contact Marguerite her entire life. But Renata is 19 now and feels like it's time she has questions answered about her mom and her mom's death.
Renata contacts Marguerite about meeting up for dinner and this causes a lot of reminiscing about the past.
The story is told over a 24 hour time span. It's also split into two stories, Renata who has just gotten engaged and decides to visit her godmother who she hasn't seen since her mom died 15 years earlier.
Then, Marguerite, who is Renata's godmother. Renata's father has forbidden her to contact Marguerite her entire life. But Renata is 19 now and feels like it's time she has questions answered about her mom and her mom's death.
Renata contacts Marguerite about meeting up for dinner and this causes a lot of reminiscing about the past.
Thought this was more slowly dramatic than some of her other novels- loved it
When you read Elin Hilderbrand you pretty much know what you’re going to get, and that’s just fine with me! With the cadence and feel of a comfortable and familiar (but spicer and edgier!!) Hallmark movie, Hilderbrand explores friendship, family, and forgiveness. CONTENT WARNING: there was some problematic language regarding developmental issues and a sentence or two about women suffering through suggestively sexual comments at work in order to progress in their careers, which frankly, I’m surprised weren’t edited out! Also there is a death due to drunk driving and a brief description of self mutilation at the end.
emotional
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
slow-paced
I wish this book had more a definite conclusion and the set up was a little odd but I enjoy all the books Elin Hilderbrand has written.
I usually like this author but I thought this book was slow, with no likable characters.
I liked this book, but it definitely wasn’t one of my favorite ones written by Elin! The storyline was typical, but the thing that I didn’t like was the setting for this one. Although it takes place on Nantucket, you didn’t read about the places, or they don’t seem to stick out like they typically do in her novels. Still good, but not as good as her others!