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inspiretruthblog 's review for:
Send for Me
by Lauren Fox
*Note: I did not finish this book!*
Send for me was not what I expected it would be like. With no cohesive storyline, the chapters jumped from the past, present, and future tense with characters that interchanged — supposedly creating a narrative that will come together at the end (I hope, anyway). Honestly, it felt more like a compilation of short stories rather than a novel that was said to follow a young woman during WWII before fast-forwarding to her granddaughter in present-day America! There was no emotional connection! Just when I thought I understood the characters, the author would give away what would happen in the future! It was as though someone would enter a scene one minute, and the next, the readers were given a massive spoiler that made it pointless to continue the story!!
The audiobook definitely made things more confusing as there were no chapter titles or breaks between sections. The narrator flowed from one page to the next, causing me to lose which character was telling the story and what I was supposed to be understanding! Maybe the book is better? I don't know, but I will not spend more time trying to figure that out...
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a pre-release copy of this book. My thoughts and opinions are entirely my own!*
Send for me was not what I expected it would be like. With no cohesive storyline, the chapters jumped from the past, present, and future tense with characters that interchanged — supposedly creating a narrative that will come together at the end (I hope, anyway). Honestly, it felt more like a compilation of short stories rather than a novel that was said to follow a young woman during WWII before fast-forwarding to her granddaughter in present-day America! There was no emotional connection! Just when I thought I understood the characters, the author would give away what would happen in the future! It was as though someone would enter a scene one minute, and the next, the readers were given a massive spoiler that made it pointless to continue the story!!
The audiobook definitely made things more confusing as there were no chapter titles or breaks between sections. The narrator flowed from one page to the next, causing me to lose which character was telling the story and what I was supposed to be understanding! Maybe the book is better? I don't know, but I will not spend more time trying to figure that out...
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a pre-release copy of this book. My thoughts and opinions are entirely my own!*