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A review by linesuponapage
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
2.0
I've read many other Anna Quindlen's books which have been excellent, this is not her best. I'm sad, I wasted my time as I have too many books to read.
As a mother of three children, I would've expected to be super affected by the book, I was not. Don't get me wrong, the middle hit me raw, although I kind of saw it coming. How did Mary Beth not see something horrible coming her way? I fell in love with Ruby, as she was a kindred spirit, but even she wasn't fleshed out enough for me. All her children were just too flat from a mother's view...
It took me a few weeks to actually get though the book. I just wasn't feeling it. I plugged on. Quindlen has some beautiful obscure words in this story and some beautiful sentences but it just wasn't as good as her other books or collection of columns. Sorry.
As a mother of three children, I would've expected to be super affected by the book, I was not. Don't get me wrong, the middle hit me raw, although I kind of saw it coming. How did Mary Beth not see something horrible coming her way? I fell in love with Ruby, as she was a kindred spirit, but even she wasn't fleshed out enough for me. All her children were just too flat from a mother's view...
It took me a few weeks to actually get though the book. I just wasn't feeling it. I plugged on. Quindlen has some beautiful obscure words in this story and some beautiful sentences but it just wasn't as good as her other books or collection of columns. Sorry.