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juliarklawrence 's review for:
Life on the Refrigerator Door
by Alice Kuipers
I bought this at Barnes & Noble in their bargain book section while I was pregnant. I hadn't found out the sex of our baby yet, but we thought it was a girl, so I thought it would be a nice and easy book to read before I delivered. (We had a boy. Whoops!) I did read this before I delivered while lying uncomfortably on the couch one night and was less than impressed.
A quick perusal of other negative reviews of this book reveal the same problems I had with it: contrived plot, unlikeable characters, and poor parenting skills on behalf of the mother. I actually didn't mind the post-it note format (it was one of the reasons I bought the book in the first place) - I just couldn't get past how hands-off the mother was with her daughter. She's 15 and you go days without checking in on her? That's poor parenting. You're an OBGYN and your knowledge of breast cancer is less than mine (a non-medical professional)? That doesn't say good things about medical school.
A book can be well-written with a contrived plot. This one was, obviously, not one of those.
A quick perusal of other negative reviews of this book reveal the same problems I had with it: contrived plot, unlikeable characters, and poor parenting skills on behalf of the mother. I actually didn't mind the post-it note format (it was one of the reasons I bought the book in the first place) - I just couldn't get past how hands-off the mother was with her daughter. She's 15 and you go days without checking in on her? That's poor parenting. You're an OBGYN and your knowledge of breast cancer is less than mine (a non-medical professional)? That doesn't say good things about medical school.
A book can be well-written with a contrived plot. This one was, obviously, not one of those.