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redhickory 's review for:
Life on the Refrigerator Door
by Alice Kuipers
This is described as “a novel in notes”, I’m not sure a 20 minute read constitutes a novel but maybe I’m just being picky.
I found it a very unsatisfying read, not surprisingly there is no character development whatsoever, which I could forgive if the characters were more interesting.
The major event of the book is a life altering one but it is handled in a clichéd way, with the content of the messages and the responses nothing you haven’t heard or read before. Which would have been ok if the writing was beautiful or witty or funny or something, but it is just plain – as you’d expect notes left on a fridge to be. Because of this they failed to evoke a strong emotional response in me and I think the situation should have.
In a way it sort of reads like a parable, it is attempting (I think in a heavy handed, unsubtle way) to remind us to spend time communicating with those we love and to make time for what is important in our lives, as the time available is finite and could be ripped away from us at any minute.
Which is a worthwhile message but presentation is everything and the superficial way this is presented means I can dispose of it without much thought – which, for me, is a bit sad.
I found it a very unsatisfying read, not surprisingly there is no character development whatsoever, which I could forgive if the characters were more interesting.
The major event of the book is a life altering one but it is handled in a clichéd way, with the content of the messages and the responses nothing you haven’t heard or read before. Which would have been ok if the writing was beautiful or witty or funny or something, but it is just plain – as you’d expect notes left on a fridge to be. Because of this they failed to evoke a strong emotional response in me and I think the situation should have.
In a way it sort of reads like a parable, it is attempting (I think in a heavy handed, unsubtle way) to remind us to spend time communicating with those we love and to make time for what is important in our lives, as the time available is finite and could be ripped away from us at any minute.
Which is a worthwhile message but presentation is everything and the superficial way this is presented means I can dispose of it without much thought – which, for me, is a bit sad.