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A review by obsidian_blue
Three Story House by Courtney Miller Santo
3.0
The novel is told in three parts from the perspectives of three cousins, Lizzie, Elyse, and Isobel.
Although the novel shifts voices the main character for me was really the character of Lizzie. LIzzie is trying to cope with the fact that her professional soccer career may be over. Dealing with her mother pushing her to deal with her late grandmother's home in Memphis, Lizzie and her two cousins, Elyse and Isobel go together to see about fixing up the house.
This entire novel was just an average read to me. Honestly I found the novel to also be just a bit depressing due to all of the characters going on and on about how horrible her life is/was. Lizzie's character actually drove me up the wall since she was so unpleasant about everything related to her upbringing and when you read further you don't get why she is as angry as she is about things with regards to her mother and stepfather. And unlike with "The Roots of the Olive Tree" I didn't find the writing inspiring this time. Instead I found it to be a drudge to get through and often times my mind just wandered while reading since I didn't feel 100 percent engaged in everything that was occurring for the characters.
I previously loved this author's other book, "The Roots of the Olive Tree" but this one just gets bogged down in vague family backstory that when it is explained you have ceased caring about at all.
Please note that I received this novel for free via the Amazon Vine Program.
Although the novel shifts voices the main character for me was really the character of Lizzie. LIzzie is trying to cope with the fact that her professional soccer career may be over. Dealing with her mother pushing her to deal with her late grandmother's home in Memphis, Lizzie and her two cousins, Elyse and Isobel go together to see about fixing up the house.
This entire novel was just an average read to me. Honestly I found the novel to also be just a bit depressing due to all of the characters going on and on about how horrible her life is/was. Lizzie's character actually drove me up the wall since she was so unpleasant about everything related to her upbringing and when you read further you don't get why she is as angry as she is about things with regards to her mother and stepfather. And unlike with "The Roots of the Olive Tree" I didn't find the writing inspiring this time. Instead I found it to be a drudge to get through and often times my mind just wandered while reading since I didn't feel 100 percent engaged in everything that was occurring for the characters.
I previously loved this author's other book, "The Roots of the Olive Tree" but this one just gets bogged down in vague family backstory that when it is explained you have ceased caring about at all.
Please note that I received this novel for free via the Amazon Vine Program.