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A review by leahmichelle_13
Love & Freedom by Sue Moorcroft
1.0
For some reason I just couldn't get into this book at all. The premise is interesting enough, sure, but it's just not executed well enough for me. The beginning didn't grab me at all, and I must admit, I was struggling to carry on after 20 pages. I made it to 50 proper pages and then I started skimming, because nothing was happening. I was expecting Honor to start looking for her mother, as the blurb suggests but she does nothing for the first 100 pages except... well, nothing. She finds a job, she goes sight-seeing, she nearly burns to death, nothing that kept me hooked.
Because the book wasn't going anywhere for me, I decided to skip ahead to see who Honor's mother turned out to be and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the absurdity of who her mother turned out to be. There's fiction and then there's jumping the shark. If I had kept reading and found out who Honor's mother was that way I'd have been angry, because it's stupid. It's like a one of those made for TV movies.
I feel rather disappointed. From the beautiful cover featuring Brighton Pier I expected a lot more. It's rare I don't finish books but if I'd tried to finish this it'd have taken me weeks. Both of the Sue Moorcroft novels I've read now haven't been entirely to my taste, so I probably won't pick up her books in the future. For some reason they just don't agree with me.
Because the book wasn't going anywhere for me, I decided to skip ahead to see who Honor's mother turned out to be and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the absurdity of who her mother turned out to be. There's fiction and then there's jumping the shark. If I had kept reading and found out who Honor's mother was that way I'd have been angry, because it's stupid. It's like a one of those made for TV movies.
I feel rather disappointed. From the beautiful cover featuring Brighton Pier I expected a lot more. It's rare I don't finish books but if I'd tried to finish this it'd have taken me weeks. Both of the Sue Moorcroft novels I've read now haven't been entirely to my taste, so I probably won't pick up her books in the future. For some reason they just don't agree with me.