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A review by svw89
About Last Night . . . by Catherine Alliott
3.0
2.5
If I were reading this ten or so years ago, I'd have probably loved this, this is the kind of book that I'd have read in one go, couldn't put down and wouldn't have wanted to anyway. My tastes have changed since then and things that would not have bothered me in the slightest back then now leave me with a bad taste in my mouth and make any sympathy I should have felt for the characters disappear.
My main issue with [b:About Last Night . . .|31227052|About Last Night . . .|Catherine Alliott|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|51883680] was the main character Molly. At first I really felt for her, her husband died soon after they left the city with their family for a farm in the countryside, leaving her to bring up her children and keep the farm they'd moved to running even though it had never been her dream, only her husbands. It's a tough situation. Instead of fleeing back to London she decided to stay and make the best of the situation because it's what he would have wanted. Unfortunately we soon find out the circumstances that led up to their move and I lost all sympathy for Molly. Maybe I'm just a heartless, unfeeling bitch who doesn't understand. And then it gets worse. She becomes more annoying and makes really stupid decisions, she appears quite pathetic at times, and doesn't seem to have much going on in her brain and I often found myself wondering how the hell she'd managed to survive so long on her own. This is such a shame - you'd think she'd be more intelligent, more resourceful etc. given what she'd managed to achieve over the past five years.
I do see a lot of people enjoying this. I do think it could be a good summer read for those who enjoy this kind of book. There's a range of characters, it's quite lighthearted with a sprinkling of seriousness and real issues, second chances, and a touch of romance. It did give me a feel of other authors' works who I have enjoyed a lot in the past and although this one wasn't really for me, I'd be interested in picking up some of the author's other works.
If I were reading this ten or so years ago, I'd have probably loved this, this is the kind of book that I'd have read in one go, couldn't put down and wouldn't have wanted to anyway. My tastes have changed since then and things that would not have bothered me in the slightest back then now leave me with a bad taste in my mouth and make any sympathy I should have felt for the characters disappear.
My main issue with [b:About Last Night . . .|31227052|About Last Night . . .|Catherine Alliott|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|51883680] was the main character Molly. At first I really felt for her, her husband died soon after they left the city with their family for a farm in the countryside, leaving her to bring up her children and keep the farm they'd moved to running even though it had never been her dream, only her husbands. It's a tough situation. Instead of fleeing back to London she decided to stay and make the best of the situation because it's what he would have wanted. Unfortunately we soon find out the circumstances that led up to their move and I lost all sympathy for Molly. Maybe I'm just a heartless, unfeeling bitch who doesn't understand. And then it gets worse. She becomes more annoying and makes really stupid decisions, she appears quite pathetic at times, and doesn't seem to have much going on in her brain and I often found myself wondering how the hell she'd managed to survive so long on her own. This is such a shame - you'd think she'd be more intelligent, more resourceful etc. given what she'd managed to achieve over the past five years.
I do see a lot of people enjoying this. I do think it could be a good summer read for those who enjoy this kind of book. There's a range of characters, it's quite lighthearted with a sprinkling of seriousness and real issues, second chances, and a touch of romance. It did give me a feel of other authors' works who I have enjoyed a lot in the past and although this one wasn't really for me, I'd be interested in picking up some of the author's other works.