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A review by obsidian_blue
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer
3.0
The main plot of this novel is about Irene and George. Both of them have a love of astronomy and science and eventually come to meet up in their hometown of Toledo, Ohio working for the Toledo Institute of Astronomy. Irene and George without realizing it were both raised to be each other's soul-mates.
I thought this was an interesting plot to follow since it is an interesting premise to look at to see if you can raise children to fall in love with one another when they are grown up. I think that if the novel had focused on this aspect more I would have loved it. Instead there were way too many side plots going on with other characters.
This is the first novel I have ever read by Lydia Netzer and I have to say except for a few key parts of this novel I ended up not really liking this book. To me it was between a 2.5 and 3 star read and I ended up giving it three stars.
I really think that for the novel to work it would have made more sense to have it start off with George's mother Sally, and Irene's mother, Bernice. Having the story about these two women told in fits and starts and in dream sequences was a bit much to wade through as I was reading. If the novel had worked from these two characters to the present day I think that the novel could have ultimately been a great read for me. Additionally, a side plot with Irene's ex-boyfriend made no sense at all to me to include. And there is another plot that I don't want to discuss too much since it would be giving too much away. However, at the final reveal of that plot at the end of the novel I just ended up rolling my eyes.
I know that Ms. Netzer is hugely popular because of her first novel, Shine Shine Shine. However, except for me enjoying certain words and phrases that she employed in this novel, I definitely would not recommend this novel to anyone else to read unless they were a fan of her previous work.
Please note that I received this novel for free via the Amazon Vine Program. This novel will be released on July 1, 2014.
I thought this was an interesting plot to follow since it is an interesting premise to look at to see if you can raise children to fall in love with one another when they are grown up. I think that if the novel had focused on this aspect more I would have loved it. Instead there were way too many side plots going on with other characters.
This is the first novel I have ever read by Lydia Netzer and I have to say except for a few key parts of this novel I ended up not really liking this book. To me it was between a 2.5 and 3 star read and I ended up giving it three stars.
I really think that for the novel to work it would have made more sense to have it start off with George's mother Sally, and Irene's mother, Bernice. Having the story about these two women told in fits and starts and in dream sequences was a bit much to wade through as I was reading. If the novel had worked from these two characters to the present day I think that the novel could have ultimately been a great read for me. Additionally, a side plot with Irene's ex-boyfriend made no sense at all to me to include. And there is another plot that I don't want to discuss too much since it would be giving too much away. However, at the final reveal of that plot at the end of the novel I just ended up rolling my eyes.
I know that Ms. Netzer is hugely popular because of her first novel, Shine Shine Shine. However, except for me enjoying certain words and phrases that she employed in this novel, I definitely would not recommend this novel to anyone else to read unless they were a fan of her previous work.
Please note that I received this novel for free via the Amazon Vine Program. This novel will be released on July 1, 2014.