A review by natbrick
A Month of Summer by Lisa Wingate

2.0

This book was picked up from one of those cute neighborhood library boxes -- so I knew it would be hit-or-miss, and unfortunately...it was a bit of a miss for me. I would give it a 2.5/maybe a 3 if I'd known what I was getting into, but the title was misleading for me, because I thought it would be a fun summery book, and this book was NOT fun/light-hearted. It has some intense themes, and while I really appreciated the author's commitment to researching her characters (as she said in the author's note), I just had a hard time with the fact that absolutely everything went wrong and then was summed up in a quick ending. The ending felt rushed, and I wanted more closure with Rebecca's relationship with her husband. Some positives: I thought some of the writing was beautiful, and the themes of family dynamics/ second-chances were well-represented, surely. The dual-perspective was interesting, as well, and I could really understand both narrator's perspectives -- plus I appreciated Rebecca's growth - but... this book just wasn't the summer-vibe I was looking for.