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A review by rebeccalcohen
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
2.0
I really wanted to like this but truthfully I had so many bones to pick with this book.
1. there are a LOT of characters introduced right off that bat. it makes it hard to keep track of them and even towards the end, some characters would be mentioned and i couldn’t remember why they were important.
2. the writing style was confusing. every chapter was a new “narrator” AND it jumped an unspecified number of years into the future at the same time. eventually, i got the hang of it but i spent the first half of the book extremely confused.
3. i got so annoyed at the author’s description of places by simply listing what street they were on in Chicago. it added absolutely nothing to the story- in fact, i found is extremely distracting because of how often the author would say things like “Carmen stopped by the Dunkin on Clark Street on her way to the store at Broadway and Halsted.” Unless you live in Chicago, it means absolutely nothing in terms of describing the place. it was completely unnecessary.
4. i didn’t feel like there was much of a plot?? the conflict happened at the beginning of the story and then... their lives go on and vaguely allude to the event but it’s done in very awkward ways that feel like a stretch.
overall, i wouldn’t recommend this book.
1. there are a LOT of characters introduced right off that bat. it makes it hard to keep track of them and even towards the end, some characters would be mentioned and i couldn’t remember why they were important.
2. the writing style was confusing. every chapter was a new “narrator” AND it jumped an unspecified number of years into the future at the same time. eventually, i got the hang of it but i spent the first half of the book extremely confused.
3. i got so annoyed at the author’s description of places by simply listing what street they were on in Chicago. it added absolutely nothing to the story- in fact, i found is extremely distracting because of how often the author would say things like “Carmen stopped by the Dunkin on Clark Street on her way to the store at Broadway and Halsted.” Unless you live in Chicago, it means absolutely nothing in terms of describing the place. it was completely unnecessary.
4. i didn’t feel like there was much of a plot?? the conflict happened at the beginning of the story and then... their lives go on and vaguely allude to the event but it’s done in very awkward ways that feel like a stretch.
overall, i wouldn’t recommend this book.