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Buying the Farm
by Kimberly Conn
Missi and her emotions, page after excutiating page of Missi and her freaking emotions. And lots and lots and lots of hugging and crying. I mean lots. Clearly, I wasn't feeling this book.
There were also some very irritating plot issues:
1. Forgetting reality: Okay, there a few times where this little thing called the Internet might have helped Missi out. I don't know exactly when this story takes place, but Missi has a computer at work and a cell phone that she rarely remembers to charge or check, so I'm going to assume the Internet exists in her world. While in Vegas, Missi decides to check out midget wrestling, thanks to a tip from her cousin. Yet among Missi, the hotel concierge, and the others Missi asks, no result. Zip. Nada. Clearly, no one tried Google. If you type "midget wrestling vegas" you'll find nearly 3 million hits, with the first being where to buy tickets. There were a few other times the Internet might have been useful, but that was most notable.
2. The inheritance: Give me a break. I find it difficult to believe someone could inherit an estate worth 6 million dollars - plus the townhouse for another 1.6 million - and barely even think about their new wealth for months (90% into the book!) When Missi took her cousin Dory back-to-school shopping, I thought that might be a nice time to share the wealth, but nope. There were a few more times she might have thought about sharing her wealth with her family, such as: when she saw her grandfather's dilapidated tractor and truck - nope; when her best friend in the world was getting married - nope; when she saw her aunt, who took her into her home, working double shifts at a diner and then working non-stop at home - nope; when her cousin Dory worried about going to junior college because of the financial strain it would put on the family - nope.; when Grandpa mentioned the farm that has been in the family for over 100 years might be lost to foreclosure - nope; when her cousin goes to bid on equipment for the family business - nope.
It just doesn't cross this idiot's mind to financially help these people whom she professes to adore, until the very end of the book, where she finally buys the farm. Wow, I already knew that was coming, thanks to the title and all. Her obliviousness to her newly found vast wealth (and the good it might do in her own family) was BS.
Even with the predictable happy ending, this book just wasn't for me.
There were also some very irritating plot issues:
1. Forgetting reality: Okay, there a few times where this little thing called the Internet might have helped Missi out. I don't know exactly when this story takes place, but Missi has a computer at work and a cell phone that she rarely remembers to charge or check, so I'm going to assume the Internet exists in her world. While in Vegas, Missi decides to check out midget wrestling, thanks to a tip from her cousin. Yet among Missi, the hotel concierge, and the others Missi asks, no result. Zip. Nada. Clearly, no one tried Google. If you type "midget wrestling vegas" you'll find nearly 3 million hits, with the first being where to buy tickets. There were a few other times the Internet might have been useful, but that was most notable.
2. The inheritance: Give me a break. I find it difficult to believe someone could inherit an estate worth 6 million dollars - plus the townhouse for another 1.6 million - and barely even think about their new wealth for months (90% into the book!) When Missi took her cousin Dory back-to-school shopping, I thought that might be a nice time to share the wealth, but nope. There were a few more times she might have thought about sharing her wealth with her family, such as: when she saw her grandfather's dilapidated tractor and truck - nope; when her best friend in the world was getting married - nope; when she saw her aunt, who took her into her home, working double shifts at a diner and then working non-stop at home - nope; when her cousin Dory worried about going to junior college because of the financial strain it would put on the family - nope.; when Grandpa mentioned the farm that has been in the family for over 100 years might be lost to foreclosure - nope; when her cousin goes to bid on equipment for the family business - nope.
It just doesn't cross this idiot's mind to financially help these people whom she professes to adore, until the very end of the book, where she finally buys the farm. Wow, I already knew that was coming, thanks to the title and all. Her obliviousness to her newly found vast wealth (and the good it might do in her own family) was BS.
Even with the predictable happy ending, this book just wasn't for me.