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A review by sarakomo
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
3.0
2019: Originally, I came away from reading this feeling like I had very much enjoyed this book. It’s a terrible shame the way it all worked out and a brutal tug at the heartstrings, but it was a well crafted narrative by Sixsmith.
Unfortunately, as these things always seem to go, it doesn’t seem like anyone involved in the story is super pleased with how the book turned out. It includes a huge amount of fabrication (literally every line of dialogue). Susan Kavanaugh has been a vocal critic of many elements of the story that did not happen in real life.
One criticism that I had was the imbalance between Philomena & Michael’s stories. The book is titled Philomena (or the bastardized movie version that I read is); why not tell more of her story then? Yes, Michael was a cool big shot Republican lawyer, but it felt unbalanced and like the main character was being left out of the story. Perhaps I was biased, as I’ve seen the movie trailer, but that’s the story I was expecting, and not the one I got.
Unfortunately, as these things always seem to go, it doesn’t seem like anyone involved in the story is super pleased with how the book turned out. It includes a huge amount of fabrication (literally every line of dialogue). Susan Kavanaugh has been a vocal critic of many elements of the story that did not happen in real life.
One criticism that I had was the imbalance between Philomena & Michael’s stories. The book is titled Philomena (or the bastardized movie version that I read is); why not tell more of her story then? Yes, Michael was a cool big shot Republican lawyer, but it felt unbalanced and like the main character was being left out of the story. Perhaps I was biased, as I’ve seen the movie trailer, but that’s the story I was expecting, and not the one I got.