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A review by danapr
Sweet Water by Christina Baker Kline
4.0
Cassie is a young artist living in NYC when she inherits a small family farm in Tennessee from her maternal grandfather. Since her mother was killed in an accident when Cassie was a young child, she has never met any of her mother’s family yet decides to move to Tennessee and take possession of the old home. The family has difficulty accepting Cassie and make every attempt to keep family secrets buried.
I enjoyed the book for the most part but found some of it unrealistic and slow moving at times. None of the characters struck me as especially likable and Cassie seemed kind of bland. I often wondered why she tolerated the obnoxious family members especially since she barely knew them. I think the message was that she had yearned for extended family relationships even though they were so dysfunctional.
I enjoyed the book for the most part but found some of it unrealistic and slow moving at times. None of the characters struck me as especially likable and Cassie seemed kind of bland. I often wondered why she tolerated the obnoxious family members especially since she barely knew them. I think the message was that she had yearned for extended family relationships even though they were so dysfunctional.