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A review by illyria1013
Calendar Girl by Georgia Beers
2.0
I usually enjoy Beers stories, but this one was... difficult to digest. I get that Addison is meant to fit the ambitious career minded character type, but it's difficult to empathize or even like her when she's this utterly stupid in regards to her health and lack so much common sense. This is not the usual I'm a stressed out workaholic who doesn't know how to stop, but if they're literally blacking out and subsist solely on coffee and no solids, I don't care how hard that person works, they're dumb and don't deserve to be granted the helms of the family business.
And then you have Kate's mom who is literally killing herself to care for her ailing husband who has become increasingly violent with his dementia. At what point do you ask for professional help instead of trying to wing it?!
I felt like all the primary character had the emotional maturity and growth of a YA character written by a 18 year old with mediocre aspirations to be the next fan fiction writer.
Couldn't finish the book -- it was just too upsetting to read about these characters that I had zero empathy and found so annoyingly dumb. Only reason why I didn't give 1 star is because of my fondness for Beer's other works.
And then you have Kate's mom who is literally killing herself to care for her ailing husband who has become increasingly violent with his dementia. At what point do you ask for professional help instead of trying to wing it?!
I felt like all the primary character had the emotional maturity and growth of a YA character written by a 18 year old with mediocre aspirations to be the next fan fiction writer.
Couldn't finish the book -- it was just too upsetting to read about these characters that I had zero empathy and found so annoyingly dumb. Only reason why I didn't give 1 star is because of my fondness for Beer's other works.