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amandag0515 's review for:
You Only Call When You're in Trouble
by Stephen McCauley
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to Goodreads, the author, and the publisher for this giveaway.
I started this book with high hopes and was drawn in quickly to the immediate chaos of family and personal drama. It gave me “A Streetcar Named Desire” vibes during the first half; a sort of train wreck you don’t want to see, but also can’t look away from, and a curiosity to see who survives.
The story is centralized around Tom, his sister Dorothy, and her daughter Cecily. The plot itself is a good idea, it just lacked the thoroughness needed for so many main characters to be fully realized and the supportive characters given any finality. At the end there were a few major holes in how each of the characters ended up, and one of the secondary characters just straight disappears.
My biggest issue with the story overall was Cecily’s relationship with Santosh. I genuinely couldn’t see any solid reason they were together in the first place, and their actual moments in their relationship felt cringy.
Left with questions and some plot holes, it’s just not my cup of tea.
I started this book with high hopes and was drawn in quickly to the immediate chaos of family and personal drama. It gave me “A Streetcar Named Desire” vibes during the first half; a sort of train wreck you don’t want to see, but also can’t look away from, and a curiosity to see who survives.
The story is centralized around Tom, his sister Dorothy, and her daughter Cecily. The plot itself is a good idea, it just lacked the thoroughness needed for so many main characters to be fully realized and the supportive characters given any finality. At the end there were a few major holes in how each of the characters ended up, and one of the secondary characters just straight disappears.
My biggest issue with the story overall was Cecily’s relationship with Santosh. I genuinely couldn’t see any solid reason they were together in the first place, and their actual moments in their relationship felt cringy.
Left with questions and some plot holes, it’s just not my cup of tea.