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3.25 stars
Reading this book was like being given a molasses lollipop when you’re in the mood for a slice of pizza. Does that make sense? It was sweet and beautiful but was very very slow and had no plot. Even Meryl Streep couldn’t get me excited about anything that happened in this book. The prose is beautiful, and the descriptions of the farmhouse and summer stock theater campus were gorgeous enough for me to really feel like I was there (and enough to make me want to visit northern Michigan someday). But it felt like a chore to work out what the point of the story was. There’s a bit of a twist at the end that is satisfying — but by the time I got there, I was just ready for it to be over.
I’m glad this book made me read [b:Our Town|205476|Our Town|Thornton Wilder|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442891231l/205476._SY75_.jpg|3119231] first though! I enjoyed that book much more.
Reading this book was like being given a molasses lollipop when you’re in the mood for a slice of pizza. Does that make sense? It was sweet and beautiful but was very very slow and had no plot. Even Meryl Streep couldn’t get me excited about anything that happened in this book. The prose is beautiful, and the descriptions of the farmhouse and summer stock theater campus were gorgeous enough for me to really feel like I was there (and enough to make me want to visit northern Michigan someday). But it felt like a chore to work out what the point of the story was. There’s a bit of a twist at the end that is satisfying — but by the time I got there, I was just ready for it to be over.
I’m glad this book made me read [b:Our Town|205476|Our Town|Thornton Wilder|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442891231l/205476._SY75_.jpg|3119231] first though! I enjoyed that book much more.