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lisawhelpley's review
4.0
An easy read that had great descriptions and has left me dying to visit Puerto Rico. Seems formulaic at times, then goes off course, refreshingly. I liked it.
nitalu's review against another edition
5.0
This is the first book I've read by this author and I loved it!!!! It was so thought provoking and I'm currently helping to take care of my grandmother who is struggling with dementia and it helped to give me more of a positive outlook. I also enjoyed the way Camille writes, I enjoyed the characters and Didn't feel as if anything was missing from the story line. This is a book I will read again.
babygina's review against another edition
2.0
It was OK
This book is OK for a beach read. If you're used to reading books you found in the grocery store checkout, you will probably think this one's pretty good.
This book is OK for a beach read. If you're used to reading books you found in the grocery store checkout, you will probably think this one's pretty good.
juliardye's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. Got free from Amazon prime. Started out strong (funny, entertaining) but slowed down considerably and then dragged until well, it was over.
treparker73's review against another edition
3.0
Cancer sucks
I have been scared to read books about cancer and other topics. The books just seem hopeless, but this book showed Libby as a true person. Not just someone with living with cancer. I can’t imagine what it does to someone, but i am amazed by those that struggle and conquer this disease. Remember THIS IS NOW. Live in the moment.
I have been scared to read books about cancer and other topics. The books just seem hopeless, but this book showed Libby as a true person. Not just someone with living with cancer. I can’t imagine what it does to someone, but i am amazed by those that struggle and conquer this disease. Remember THIS IS NOW. Live in the moment.
jhenry's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
shannonpifher's review against another edition
5.0
Finally! Amazon hasnt had a Kindle First book worthy of my time in some months!
This was amazing! I dont generally read cancer books because of the sadness. But I could tell just from the description that this wasnt that kind of Cancer book.
Libby was in the denial and acceptance stage the entire book. After one earth shattering day, Libby rids herself of as many wordly possessions and her job as possible and heads to Puerto Rico. Almost dying in the process, she meets Shiloh, the pilot. This book is filled with humor and excellent writing making you want to hop on a plane to Puerto Rico. Especially if you live in snOhio.
Loved it!
This was amazing! I dont generally read cancer books because of the sadness. But I could tell just from the description that this wasnt that kind of Cancer book.
Libby was in the denial and acceptance stage the entire book. After one earth shattering day, Libby rids herself of as many wordly possessions and her job as possible and heads to Puerto Rico. Almost dying in the process, she meets Shiloh, the pilot. This book is filled with humor and excellent writing making you want to hop on a plane to Puerto Rico. Especially if you live in snOhio.
Loved it!
kdurham2's review against another edition
5.0
Check out the full review at Kritters Ramblings
In 12 hours, Libby Miller gets dealt two blows - medical and relationship and she decides to leave her life in Chicago behind and go to a place where her deceased mother was happiest.
Yes, this was a cancer book, but it didn't feel like a cancer book. Libby was basically in denial about cancer and she wasn't an annoying character that brought it up every page. I almost enjoyed it more that she had many traumas to deal with and she threw her hands up and ran!
In 12 hours, Libby Miller gets dealt two blows - medical and relationship and she decides to leave her life in Chicago behind and go to a place where her deceased mother was happiest.
Yes, this was a cancer book, but it didn't feel like a cancer book. Libby was basically in denial about cancer and she wasn't an annoying character that brought it up every page. I almost enjoyed it more that she had many traumas to deal with and she threw her hands up and ran!
salimah's review against another edition
1.0
What an incohesive, insulting wreck of a story fronted by an emotionally inconsistent, immature protagonist. This is the kind of book that gives people the idea that anyone can write and get it published... because how hard could it really be if this passed muster?
The heroine of this story is under the impression that her mother dying of cancer when she was a child is license to act like a complete asshole for the rest of her life. The story starts with her getting a double dose of devastating news, and so a lapse or two in processing judgment could be forgiven, but she never ever, not once, has an epiphany about the ways she's contributed to some of the deeper dissatisfaction she feels with her life. Or the ways she's let herself and others down.
And when one of the two central relationships of her adult life crumbles, not once after giving herself a reasonable amount of time to freak out, does she ever give that relationship its due consideration--or the person she was in the relationship with a moment of grace or compassion. She seems to be under the impression that she is the only one who's allowed to grieve. The author spends a lot of time convincingly painting the picture of a marriage that was filled with abiding, if incomplete love. But never once does the author allow her main character to realize that the underlying compassion her erstwhile husband always showed her (and continues to try to show her) merits something other than the abject cruelty she leveraged at him at every turn.
Everything in the aftermath of the devastating blow actually undermines any claims that she ever loved her husband at all.
So, we're supposed to believe that her new love interest is the real deal--that she is, in fact, capable of love when she can't even talk to the person she purported to love most in the world until circumstances force her hand?
That she'd confide in the wife of her former husband's best friend--a woman she admitted she was only friends with because she was her husband's best friend's wife--but never confides that truth to the man she spent nearly 20 years with? If I were the new guy, I'd look at that as a roadmap for how she'll react when things ultimately get difficult for them. Of course, the book ends before there's anything other than a bright outlook on the horizon.
You know what would have been a compelling story with the same catalyzing events in place? The heroine and her husband working through her diagnosis and his realization together with compassion, grace, and honesty while they each figured out how to move forward, separately, without totally undermining the very real love we were told (repeatedly) they'd had.
I can only assume the author found her protagonist's behavior acceptable since there was nothing to indicate that the reader was invited to do anything other than be on her side. I've read other books by Pagan and her heroines are often shocked by a realization--or a departure--and then they dig in their heels like petulant children, refusing to make decisions/face facts, while simultaneously doing untold damage to others. This heroine is by far the worst of the lot.
The heroine of this story is under the impression that her mother dying of cancer when she was a child is license to act like a complete asshole for the rest of her life. The story starts with her getting a double dose of devastating news, and so a lapse or two in processing judgment could be forgiven, but she never ever, not once, has an epiphany about the ways she's contributed to some of the deeper dissatisfaction she feels with her life. Or the ways she's let herself and others down.
And when one of the two central relationships of her adult life crumbles, not once after giving herself a reasonable amount of time to freak out, does she ever give that relationship its due consideration--or the person she was in the relationship with a moment of grace or compassion. She seems to be under the impression that she is the only one who's allowed to grieve. The author spends a lot of time convincingly painting the picture of a marriage that was filled with abiding, if incomplete love. But never once does the author allow her main character to realize that the underlying compassion her erstwhile husband always showed her (and continues to try to show her) merits something other than the abject cruelty she leveraged at him at every turn.
Everything in the aftermath of the devastating blow actually undermines any claims that she ever loved her husband at all.
So, we're supposed to believe that her new love interest is the real deal--that she is, in fact, capable of love when she can't even talk to the person she purported to love most in the world until circumstances force her hand?
That she'd confide in the wife of her former husband's best friend--a woman she admitted she was only friends with because she was her husband's best friend's wife--but never confides that truth to the man she spent nearly 20 years with? If I were the new guy, I'd look at that as a roadmap for how she'll react when things ultimately get difficult for them. Of course, the book ends before there's anything other than a bright outlook on the horizon.
You know what would have been a compelling story with the same catalyzing events in place? The heroine and her husband working through her diagnosis and his realization together with compassion, grace, and honesty while they each figured out how to move forward, separately, without totally undermining the very real love we were told (repeatedly) they'd had.
I can only assume the author found her protagonist's behavior acceptable since there was nothing to indicate that the reader was invited to do anything other than be on her side. I've read other books by Pagan and her heroines are often shocked by a realization--or a departure--and then they dig in their heels like petulant children, refusing to make decisions/face facts, while simultaneously doing untold damage to others. This heroine is by far the worst of the lot.