A review by dogstar85
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

DNF. I never DNF books. I power through to the bitter end so I can expel my rage at the end. But, Ave Maria went from 0 to 100% irritating very quickly and I knew I couldn't continue on reading her banal thoughts and pretending to care. She snipes at the 'pretty' girls more than once and that was the first warning sign for me. Characters who do this are eyeroll worthy and they usually are teenagers. This is a grown woman doing it so it's even more insufferable. Then, she gets kissed by her best friend and she's suddenly in love with him. What?? We get no indication of this when the best friend was introduced. None at all. I hate first person typically and I know I couldn't continue on in Ave Maria's patronizing head.