dcdaria 's review for:

Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy

4.0

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As always, Maeve Binchy's writing is impeccable and keeps you hooked. I love the style with which she writes dramatic moments as simply happening - there is no big sweeping score or foreshadowing music in real life, and there is no literary equivalent of it here. In fact, the "big event" in the middle of the book caught me SO off guard that I slammed the book down in a fit of shock and rage, and couldn't come back to it for a few minutes. In contrast, though, I could see the ending coming a mile away, which was disappointing, even though the ending was itself dealt with in the same simple style. A fitting result for the O'Neill children, though I would've liked a bit more tied up for Michael and Dara. The little bump toward the end of the Rachel story was also not a great plot device, but overall, she was my favorite character and ended her story well.