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The Widow's Watcher by Eliza Maxwell
2.0
I kept waiting for a mystery or something (anything) to emerge to make me care about what was going on in this novel. Finally, at Chapter 20, this book turned into something mildly interesting. But until then it's just us (the readers), following around a suicidal and barely communicative Jenna, as she grieves for her recently deceased husband and children.
And oh, what fun! Jenna also has a once-precocious-now-sarcastic teenage daughter scolding her in her head. Add to that the utter joy of Jenna being trapped in a crappy and frozen little "town" in Minnesota with a 70-something cranky old man who's also dealing with a crapload of tragedy and loss.
What, we're not all totally relating? *sigh* This is no recipe for (this reader's) success.
This book has such high ratings, and even after reading through the reviews here in Goodreads, I can't figure out why. I feel like everyone else read a different book than I did, one that was interesting, with great characters, and a rich story. I didn't get any of that out of [b:The Widow's Watcher|36434976|The Widow's Watcher|Eliza Maxwell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524509608l/36434976._SY75_.jpg|58135541].
And oh, what fun! Jenna also has a once-precocious-now-sarcastic teenage daughter scolding her in her head. Add to that the utter joy of Jenna being trapped in a crappy and frozen little "town" in Minnesota with a 70-something cranky old man who's also dealing with a crapload of tragedy and loss.
What, we're not all totally relating? *sigh* This is no recipe for (this reader's) success.
This book has such high ratings, and even after reading through the reviews here in Goodreads, I can't figure out why. I feel like everyone else read a different book than I did, one that was interesting, with great characters, and a rich story. I didn't get any of that out of [b:The Widow's Watcher|36434976|The Widow's Watcher|Eliza Maxwell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524509608l/36434976._SY75_.jpg|58135541].