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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
This is the second of two Debbie Macomber audiobooks I listened to recently.
Her books are the only ones that are ever "in stock" in my library's Overdrive program.
Now I know why. Ugh. This book was awful.
The characters were so whiny and ridiculous. Especially Susannah and her spoiled daughter, Chrissie. Oh, I wanted to slap them both.
And the ending! Absurd. I guessed the ending halfway into the book and laughed thinking that couldn't possibly how the author will end the book. Oh, sure it's happy ending but not very plausible.
If you like Hallmark movies, this might be your cup of tea.
It definitely wasn't mine.
Her books are the only ones that are ever "in stock" in my library's Overdrive program.
Now I know why. Ugh. This book was awful.
The characters were so whiny and ridiculous. Especially Susannah and her spoiled daughter, Chrissie. Oh, I wanted to slap them both.
And the ending! Absurd. I guessed the ending halfway into the book and laughed thinking that couldn't possibly how the author will end the book. Oh, sure it's happy ending but not very plausible.
If you like Hallmark movies, this might be your cup of tea.
It definitely wasn't mine.
I can't believe it is part of the Blossom Street series. I didn't see any reference to the yarn shop or knitting. I found it disappointing since it was not what I expected at all.
The link to the rest of the series isn't apparent until the last chapter. Even though I wondered why it was part of the series and figured I nut have it wrong, the characters were strong enough to keep reading. Nice twists toward to end, worth the read.
The narrator (yep, another book on CD) was good at distinguishing the characters. The book itself was good, but I had almost figured all of it out by the end.
terrible book. false mystery, stupid twist at the end. I usually like macomber but found Susannah annoyingly dissatisfied with her life and found her daughter insipid. not at all like other blossom street books. Hannah's list is much better (I read them back to back)
This was a quick read, and interesting, but moved a little slow at times. Susannah is experieincing a 'mid-life' crisis. Her father, the one she never got along with, has recently died. Her mother is devasted and experieinces memory problems. Susannah finds it necessary to travel to her childhood home to put her mother into assisted living. This is timely, since she has been dreaming about an old boyfriend whom she expected to marry, but her father did not approve and broke them up. Or did he? Susannah really needs to know. About the same time her boyfriend disappeared, her only sibling, a brother, was killed in a horrible accident. She was in France and not allowed to come home for the funeral, a fact for which she never forgave her father.
Her confused college age daughter, home for the summer, follows her mother to grandma's. She meets and falls in love with a 'low-life' and her mother does not approve. She appears to be determined to repeat the mistake her father made, and pays him (at HIS request) to disappear. The book has a happy ending, but never really explains if her daughter discovers the deal her mother made and how she reacts, I would be interested. But maybe that is in the next book.
Her confused college age daughter, home for the summer, follows her mother to grandma's. She meets and falls in love with a 'low-life' and her mother does not approve. She appears to be determined to repeat the mistake her father made, and pays him (at HIS request) to disappear. The book has a happy ending, but never really explains if her daughter discovers the deal her mother made and how she reacts, I would be interested. But maybe that is in the next book.
The Blossom Street link doesn't come until right at the end, which is an interesting move. The story itself had elements of romantic suspense which was intriguing, but the finale seemed to happen totally quickly, a bit rushed. However, I enjoyed the book in general, as Macomber writes lovely sweet stories.