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A review by tigerb99
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
3.0
I really enjoyed this book, except...
...I felt like the author didn't give us enough chance to know either Miranda or Phillips, the two main characters. By splitting the viewpoint between them, we were shorted. Unlike other reviewers, I am not surprised by Miranda's confused reaction to her father's death, because children of alcoholics often are very conflicted about such things. But I was confused by some of her reactions to Phillips. I wanted to understand better where she was coming from... and their painful miscommunications, while realistic, didn't help me. I wanted to give it more stars, but I couldn't. Lots of interesting plotting, but too much re-explanation, not enough letting the characters express themselves.
...I felt like the author didn't give us enough chance to know either Miranda or Phillips, the two main characters. By splitting the viewpoint between them, we were shorted. Unlike other reviewers, I am not surprised by Miranda's confused reaction to her father's death, because children of alcoholics often are very conflicted about such things. But I was confused by some of her reactions to Phillips. I wanted to understand better where she was coming from... and their painful miscommunications, while realistic, didn't help me. I wanted to give it more stars, but I couldn't. Lots of interesting plotting, but too much re-explanation, not enough letting the characters express themselves.