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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
This is the second book I have read by this author and I loved it. This book is funny and sweet and manic. It proves that it does truly "take a village" to raise a child, and in the process, turn enemies into friends and learn about forgiveness.
I felt like all the characters were well-written, and I understood the ones I didn't like. The kids were very funny and provided even more comic relief throughout the book. I was very happy with the ending.
This is a great light read.
I am off to get more of her books!
Thank you, NetGalley, for the chance to read and review this book. All opinions are mine and freely expressed.
I felt like all the characters were well-written, and I understood the ones I didn't like. The kids were very funny and provided even more comic relief throughout the book. I was very happy with the ending.
This is a great light read.
I am off to get more of her books!
Thank you, NetGalley, for the chance to read and review this book. All opinions are mine and freely expressed.
All five stars because of the sheer joy I felt while reading and afterwards.
Oh, Amy Poeppel… your books. This book. I didn’t know how much I needed this joyful book.
About the book: “Amy Poeppel brings her signature “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between.”
The Sweet Spot is the stories of Lauren, Melinda, Felicity, and Olivia, and how they intersect. I don’t to give that part away. There’s a brownstone and the fun backdrop of Greenwich Village. Lauren’s children are endearing and hilarious and inject so much joy into the story. I loved the characters and how multidimensional they are. I enjoy a family story, and even more than that, a story of strong women, and I received both here. Totally a feel-good, heartfelt, uplifting read, and I highly recommend you read it, too!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
Oh, Amy Poeppel… your books. This book. I didn’t know how much I needed this joyful book.
About the book: “Amy Poeppel brings her signature “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) style to this wise and joyful novel that celebrates love, hate, and all of the glorious absurdity in between.”
The Sweet Spot is the stories of Lauren, Melinda, Felicity, and Olivia, and how they intersect. I don’t to give that part away. There’s a brownstone and the fun backdrop of Greenwich Village. Lauren’s children are endearing and hilarious and inject so much joy into the story. I loved the characters and how multidimensional they are. I enjoy a family story, and even more than that, a story of strong women, and I received both here. Totally a feel-good, heartfelt, uplifting read, and I highly recommend you read it, too!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
2.5/3 For me it was the literary version of Saturday Morning Cartoons. A lot going on, most of it nonsensical but entertaining enough to keep going.
Fun book. I liked the characters and it made me laugh out loud sometimes. Also I want a whole sequel just about Waverly!
Melinda is so despicable that I don't know if I will be able to finish this book.
I despise cheaters but if she is this much of a NASTY person, she had to be vicious in the marriage. It makes me feel sorry for the husband.
I despise cheaters but if she is this much of a NASTY person, she had to be vicious in the marriage. It makes me feel sorry for the husband.
This book is so warm. Everything about it just makes you want to keep reading. There’s enough drama & spite in the first third of the book to really compel a reader.
Peoppel does a phenomenal job of knowing when to add descriptive details to the story to really make you feel like you’re there & when details become overwhelming. There was never a point in this book where I thought there was under/oversharing.
I absolutely *adored* how well this book wrapped up. The intertwining of family dynamics & relationships all played out so well, and each character got their own happy ending. I love even the small nods to less important characters being wrapped up (i.e. the family carrying Charles’s furniture upstairs).
There are so many characters in this book and they all had so much depth and backstory. None of them felt flat, and it was not hard at all to keep them separated. This is a really impressive thing for a book with, what, 14 characters?!
This is a warm & fuzzy read with so much wit that I even found myself giggling out loud to. *Such* a cute read!!
Peoppel does a phenomenal job of knowing when to add descriptive details to the story to really make you feel like you’re there & when details become overwhelming. There was never a point in this book where I thought there was under/oversharing.
I absolutely *adored* how well this book wrapped up. The intertwining of family dynamics & relationships all played out so well, and each character got their own happy ending. I love even the small nods to less important characters being wrapped up (i.e. the family carrying Charles’s furniture upstairs).
There are so many characters in this book and they all had so much depth and backstory. None of them felt flat, and it was not hard at all to keep them separated. This is a really impressive thing for a book with, what, 14 characters?!
This is a warm & fuzzy read with so much wit that I even found myself giggling out loud to. *Such* a cute read!!
I received an ARC for this title because I enjoyed a previous book by this author, Small Admissions. While I enjoyed aspects of this book as well, and I think her writing is excellent, it was a bit chaotic for me to fully engage. And it felt like a forced chaos, unnecessary to the story, but maybe to evoke some specific emotions around the characters and their lives that the author was trying too hard to coerce. I don't know, maybe that's unfair. I just know that I wanted to yell at them all to shut up at one point and it felt like no adult had any kind of control.
However, my real issue with the book is that I could not get past this one big uniting action. It made me too angry to end up actually liking the book. Seriously, unredeemable in my eyes (not that they even tried to be redeemed) and left a sour taste for me.
I will likely read others from this author because, as I said, she can write, and I enjoyed the setting in NYC, some of the character building (though there were too many characters and too much chaos to really delve in), and some of the found family storyline in this one.
However, my real issue with the book is that I could not get past this one big uniting action
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the abandonment of the childI will likely read others from this author because, as I said, she can write, and I enjoyed the setting in NYC, some of the character building (though there were too many characters and too much chaos to really delve in), and some of the found family storyline in this one.
5 Stars for The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel. Extremely entertaining story of how a bunch of casual aquaintences and a few strangers become a messy, entertwined "family" due to an abandoned baby.
A sweet, if highly improbably story of a loosely associated bunch of family members, friends and colleagues with a very pissed off jilted ex-wife who come together to care for a baby caught in the cross-fire of a failed marriage and his arrival. Melinda is probably the most interesting character given her arc from woman scorned to supportive friend and potential love interest.