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A review by mirandadarrow
The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
3.0
I liked what the author was trying to do, bringing attention to partner abuse and the impact on women's families. But, I had a hard time connecting to it through the main character of Caroline. She bugged me. I couldn't help feeling like Caroline was patronizing to the women in the support group.
I liked the kids, the descriptions of the clothing designs, her family, the descriptions of the locations. I guess everything came just too easy for Caroline. Maybe it was because I was a single mom who didn't have free housing and free daycare and all of the other support that she really didn't seem to even notice, her privilege grated.
That, and I kept mentally comparing it to other books that faced domestic abuse straight on, and this paled in comparison. Books like Kennedy Ryan's Long Shot (which was excellent) and Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, also very good. This was a different perspective. It might work better for some readers, as the writing is lush and the plot decent. The hero was a cinnamon roll. The villain was practically a cartoon though.
I liked the kids, the descriptions of the clothing designs, her family, the descriptions of the locations. I guess everything came just too easy for Caroline. Maybe it was because I was a single mom who didn't have free housing and free daycare and all of the other support that she really didn't seem to even notice, her privilege grated.
That, and I kept mentally comparing it to other books that faced domestic abuse straight on, and this paled in comparison. Books like Kennedy Ryan's Long Shot (which was excellent) and Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, also very good. This was a different perspective. It might work better for some readers, as the writing is lush and the plot decent. The hero was a cinnamon roll. The villain was practically a cartoon though.