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A review by bethgiven
Letters for Emily by Camron Wright
4.0
I'm a sucker for books about letters (or even better -- written in letters), so I picked this up. And to my surprise, this turned out to be much better than I anticipated. Judging from the cover (I know, the cliche says I'm not supposed to, but I totally do), I thought this would be a little hokey and poorly written. What I found instead was a readable, clever story. I found myself rooting for Laura and Bob's rocky relationship and appreciating Harry for his efforts in communicating with his family after his death. And the puzzles (hidden passwords in poems to access Harry's letters to his granddaughter, Emily) were fun.
Now, don't get me wrong -- this is certainly not great literature or anything. There's not a lot of character depth and all of the problems are a little too neatly solved to be terribly realistic. But reading Letters for Emily turned out to be good, clean entertainment, and sometimes that's exactly the kind of "good read" I need.
Now, don't get me wrong -- this is certainly not great literature or anything. There's not a lot of character depth and all of the problems are a little too neatly solved to be terribly realistic. But reading Letters for Emily turned out to be good, clean entertainment, and sometimes that's exactly the kind of "good read" I need.