A review by mtngirl4
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand

3.0

So this book is mostly about pretentious rich people which always bothers me because I can't relate at all. HOWEVER, Elin Hildebrand is an excellent writer. I have never read her before and I am tempted to read her again because, according to many reviews, this is the worst of her books and it wasn't too bad. I did enjoy her writing style (detailed, beautiful descriptions, many voices, many points of view) and am interested to see what a "good" book of hers is like. All that said, it is a book about manipulation, infidelity, shame, revenge, and cowardice, all negative attributes, so I give it an overall negative review. Actually, I rounded up to 3 stars, it should be 2.5. My two favorite aspects of this book are Beth Carmichael's affinity for rock-n-roll (she and I seem to share many favorite songs, though I am the age of her children, not her), if this ever becomes a movie, I shall see it just to hear the soundtrack alone; and the last page of the notebook, which describes, sappily enough, my marriage to my husband, with whom, after 22 years, I am still madly in love. So, two stars for each of those things, and .5 for the audio which was absolutely great!! So glad I listened to it instead of read it, so I could clean and garden and sew, and still get this book in. Advanced technology is a beautiful thing.