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A review by sbojo32
The Summer We Lost Her by Tish Cohen
3.0
The Summer We Lost Her tells the story of two unlikable characters. Elise is a dressage rider with aspirations to get into the Rio Olympics. This has been her dream and always was. She and her husband, Matt, apparently had an agreement that she would follow this dream as far as she could. Matt is a lawyer and has also taken over the responsibilities of raising their 8/9 year old daughter. Matt is still hung up on his old high school crush/first lover, Cass, who happens to be in the house next to theirs while they are up in Lake Placid.
One day, their daughter, Gracie, who has mild cerebral palsy, doesn't come home on the bus from camp. While this is tragic, it doesn't happen until halfway through the book. The first half of the book is setting up Elise to be a bad person for following her dream instead of putting her family first. Matt is the angel, although the fact that he runs to Cass at every opportunity doesn't exactly put him in the best light either.
What drove me nuts about this was the circumstances surrounding Gracie's abduction. This was supposed to be a family vacation, full of family time because Elise had been away training. And yet, at the first opportunity, they are willing to send their daughter to day camp. If a parent has been away from their child for that long, I'd assume they would then actually want to be with their child and husband. They would want to do things as a family. I understand this led itself to the plot device of the abduction, but I was so bothered by Elise, it was tough. I also was bothered by how cavalier Matt was willing to treat their marriage.
Overall, the story was ok. The end was ok. This is one that I read but would call just ok.
One day, their daughter, Gracie, who has mild cerebral palsy, doesn't come home on the bus from camp. While this is tragic, it doesn't happen until halfway through the book. The first half of the book is setting up Elise to be a bad person for following her dream instead of putting her family first. Matt is the angel, although the fact that he runs to Cass at every opportunity doesn't exactly put him in the best light either.
What drove me nuts about this was the circumstances surrounding Gracie's abduction. This was supposed to be a family vacation, full of family time because Elise had been away training. And yet, at the first opportunity, they are willing to send their daughter to day camp. If a parent has been away from their child for that long, I'd assume they would then actually want to be with their child and husband. They would want to do things as a family. I understand this led itself to the plot device of the abduction, but I was so bothered by Elise, it was tough. I also was bothered by how cavalier Matt was willing to treat their marriage.
Overall, the story was ok. The end was ok. This is one that I read but would call just ok.