A review by brandypainter
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.0

This is the first book for summer book club. It was entertaining enough. I didn't hate it, nor can I enthusiastically recommend it. It is a character driven novel, yet none of the characters are any more than caricatures. I had a hard time caring about them. I also found the plot to be rather predictable, which doesn't always bother me if the character development is worth it. I didn't feel it was here. All that being said, Johnson has a tongue-in-cheek wit to her writing I enjoyed. Those sly, subversive gems hidden in all the rest made it worth it.