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A review by somechelsea
Faithful by Janet Fox
3.0
One of these days, I will stop listening to the blurbs in catalogs, because they always let me down. I ordered this one specifically because the publisher's blurb compared it to [a:Eva Ibbotson|57462|Eva Ibbotson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1210367519p2/57462.jpg], who I completely and wholeheartedly adore. And not a lot of authors or books get compared to her (at least by the publisher, all of whom are desperately trying to convince you that this book is the next Twilight, and you should buy it RIGHT NOW), so I couldn't resist.
It was a good book. But that's it: good. Maggie was whiny, her father was lame, Tom was nice, and Graybull was mostly annoying. Maggie's reaction to Yellowstone was interesting, I guess, but I remain immune to the allure of the West (real or metaphorical), and I would have much rather watched Ken Burns' documentary on the National Parks.
The big secret about her mother (which I won't reveal, because I am a nice person, so forgive me for my awkward vagueness coming right up) would have made a fantastic book, rather than half a chapter. I find it incredibly hard to believe something that juicy happened to a member of Maggie's social circle and she never heard about it, even years later, daughter of the woman in question or no. That is the best gossip ever, and I refuse to buy that Maggie lived her entire life with the same small group of socialites and not one of them let anything slip. Shenanigans!
It wasn't entirely fair of me to pick up Fox's debut and expect Ibbotson, but life isn't fair. Take it up with your publisher, Janet.
It was a good book. But that's it: good. Maggie was whiny, her father was lame, Tom was nice, and Graybull was mostly annoying. Maggie's reaction to Yellowstone was interesting, I guess, but I remain immune to the allure of the West (real or metaphorical), and I would have much rather watched Ken Burns' documentary on the National Parks.
The big secret about her mother (which I won't reveal, because I am a nice person, so forgive me for my awkward vagueness coming right up) would have made a fantastic book, rather than half a chapter. I find it incredibly hard to believe something that juicy happened to a member of Maggie's social circle and she never heard about it, even years later, daughter of the woman in question or no. That is the best gossip ever, and I refuse to buy that Maggie lived her entire life with the same small group of socialites and not one of them let anything slip. Shenanigans!
It wasn't entirely fair of me to pick up Fox's debut and expect Ibbotson, but life isn't fair. Take it up with your publisher, Janet.