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A review by bianca89279
The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo
3.0
It's taken me a while to finish this novel - partly because of the busy time of the year and also because of the subject.
This has been a mixed bag.
The good parts: good writing, very realistic, intimate, raw, and relatable.
The not-so-great parts: nothing much happens after the kidnapping; as the blurb conveys, this is mostly about how a family deals with traumatic events in their life. It's almost entirely a character driven novel, with two points of view: one of the thirteen-year old's Meredith and the other one of her mum's, Claire, who's a dentist.
I must admit I've found this novel depressing. But I admire Perabo's abilities to portrait an everyday, middle-class American family, with all their imperfections and struggles.
This is a good character driven novel, albeit I didn't love it.
I've received this novel via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the publishers, Simon & Schuster, for the opportunity to read and review this novel.
This has been a mixed bag.
The good parts: good writing, very realistic, intimate, raw, and relatable.
The not-so-great parts: nothing much happens after the kidnapping; as the blurb conveys, this is mostly about how a family deals with traumatic events in their life. It's almost entirely a character driven novel, with two points of view: one of the thirteen-year old's Meredith and the other one of her mum's, Claire, who's a dentist.
I must admit I've found this novel depressing. But I admire Perabo's abilities to portrait an everyday, middle-class American family, with all their imperfections and struggles.
This is a good character driven novel, albeit I didn't love it.
I've received this novel via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the publishers, Simon & Schuster, for the opportunity to read and review this novel.