A review by leialocks
Evening Class by Maeve Binchy

3.0

I only read this book because I watched Italian for Beginners. I thought the movie was sweet and a good story so I decided to check the long form of the novel out. Granted, the movie was a knock off of the book, not a direct adaptation. The tone was very different. I found this book depressing. It focused too much on how messed up everyone's life was before the evening class, instead of how it changed them. I enjoyed the interconnection of the characters, but felt the book didn't hit its stride until the Fiona chapter. There's a plot point on the Italian trip that was completely unnecessary and seemed out of nowhere. Overall, it was an okay book, just not what I was expecting.