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timna_wyckoff's review
1.0
Recommended on Slate DoubleX.
The characters in this book were not very well developed and the story line wasn't very interesting. Everything really just stayed on the surface.....no depth.
The characters in this book were not very well developed and the story line wasn't very interesting. Everything really just stayed on the surface.....no depth.
cbendixe's review
3.0
I wasn't sure how much I liked the main character and narrator, Josie, when I first started this book. But by the end I was wanting to know more about how she moves on from her divorce, how her relationship with her daughter deepens, how her passionate affair with Felipe end/does not end. There is a few pages at the end that allude to Josie's shiny happy future, but sometimes that is not enough for me!
Overall, I liked Kate Christensen's book The Great Man a little bit better--the characters seem more developed, and the themes of art, family, and secrets resonated with me. But I'm glad I read Trouble too. If anything else, it has made me want to go to Mexico City sometime soon!
Overall, I liked Kate Christensen's book The Great Man a little bit better--the characters seem more developed, and the themes of art, family, and secrets resonated with me. But I'm glad I read Trouble too. If anything else, it has made me want to go to Mexico City sometime soon!
elena_gilbert's review
3.0
Hard to believe this was written by the same author as The Epicure's Lament.
amycrea's review
2.0
I had such high hopes for this after loving The Epicure's Lament, but my hopes were dashed by a conventional, predictable, overwrought plot involving characters I didn't much care about. I mean, really, am I supposed to care when the narrator notes that one of the reasons she's leaving her marriage is because her husband doesn't cook pasta the way she likes it?
cremefracas's review
4.0
This book was light and quick. Not groundbreaking, but I really enjoyed it. Get it from the library!
raquelfranco's review
2.0
This book was ok. I predicted the entire book which is no fun. I like to be surprised. Also, the back of the book implied the novel was about sexual explortation and awakening and that was about 10 pages of the whole book. The beginning dragged too.
kricketa's review
4.0
i really liked kate christensen's essay in "selfish, shallow & self-absorbed" so i grabbed this book without really knowing much about it. i thought it was fascinating and well-written, and very melancholy, which is just what i was in the mood for. read the whole thing in maybe 3 sittings, would definitely pick up more by her.
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