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chandlerelizabeth_ 's review for:
Greenwich Park
by Katherine Faulkner
When I finished this book I wasn't ready to write an immediate review because I was left floundering with all my thoughts. And because it was one of those books that had me up way past my bedtime to finish — usually the sign of a good book. What's interesting to me now as I sit down to finally write the review is that in my mind, I had rated the book moderately… only to see that my half-asleep self had given it five stars. I've since changed that to four stars because I honestly had to read a synopsis before I could remember what happened at the end of the book. I can't give five stars to a book that I cannot even remember.
Helen Trope and her husband Daniel are expecting their first baby, after a series of miscarriages. Helen is a rule follower, who is uncomfortable with anything that seems to break the image of perfection that she tries to keep around her life. So it's surprising when Helen "befriends" a loud, dysfunctional, and tactless Rachel, whom she meets at prenatal classes.
Rachel is seemingly everywhere in Helen's life all at once. This creates a strain on a number of Helen's relationships: her marriage, her once close relationship with her older brother Rory and his wife Serena, her already strained relationship with her younger, unruly brother, Charlie, and her overworked best friend, Katie.
Rachel got under my skin in a way that made it very hard for me to believe that Helen would have kept being "friends" with her, even if she was as lonely as she was. But outside of Rachel's annoying habits and constant state of appearing, there are secrets to be uncovered that will destroy a family.
Helen Trope and her husband Daniel are expecting their first baby, after a series of miscarriages. Helen is a rule follower, who is uncomfortable with anything that seems to break the image of perfection that she tries to keep around her life. So it's surprising when Helen "befriends" a loud, dysfunctional, and tactless Rachel, whom she meets at prenatal classes.
Rachel is seemingly everywhere in Helen's life all at once. This creates a strain on a number of Helen's relationships: her marriage, her once close relationship with her older brother Rory and his wife Serena, her already strained relationship with her younger, unruly brother, Charlie, and her overworked best friend, Katie.
Rachel got under my skin in a way that made it very hard for me to believe that Helen would have kept being "friends" with her, even if she was as lonely as she was. But outside of Rachel's annoying habits and constant state of appearing, there are secrets to be uncovered that will destroy a family.