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gottarun31's review against another edition
2.0
Swell was an easy read. It's the book you want to bring to a beach with you to read while drinking a margarita.
As I just tried writing a synopsis of the plot, I realized there is not much more to the story than the summary written on the front flap. The storyline had me captivated for the most part- it followed the Glassmans, an old lady Rose, and the next door neighbor firefighter Tim. The reason for the low rating is that every plotline in the book has a boring, confusing ending. It was as if Jill Eisenstadt had an hour to write off the characters' stories and she panicked, wrote very undetailed and vague resolutions, and called it a book.
I was disappointed because Swell sounded promising and funny. It came up short.
As I just tried writing a synopsis of the plot, I realized there is not much more to the story than the summary written on the front flap. The storyline had me captivated for the most part- it followed the Glassmans, an old lady Rose, and the next door neighbor firefighter Tim. The reason for the low rating is that every plotline in the book has a boring, confusing ending. It was as if Jill Eisenstadt had an hour to write off the characters' stories and she panicked, wrote very undetailed and vague resolutions, and called it a book.
I was disappointed because Swell sounded promising and funny. It came up short.
karak's review
2.0
Took forever to finish this short book. There was nothing that kept me interested.
jooniperd's review
2.0
this was not swell. (sorry! though there are good plays on the word in this book.) while reading, this story felt very bogged down, and it dragged for me. i feel like the author just tried to do too much and it didn't all come together well. there wasn't much that i enjoyed here, though eisenstadt's writing was fine.
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