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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
by Rachel Joyce
**Spoilers ahead**
I really enjoyed The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and have been looking forward to reading this one for a while. What a letdown.
I had a couple of problems with this novel, one of which was I didn't really like Queenie much. She came off as pathetic and sort of stalker-ish, and reminded me in some ways of the lead character in The Girl on the Train, trying to insinuate herself into someone's else's life. Also, I didn't buy her friendship with David Fry. What was she getting out of the relationship? He was an annoying, selfish douchebag to her, and not likable in any sense. She wasn't even using David to get closer to the man she loved, Harold. So....why? I realize the whole plot of the book(s) centered around the fact she had to flee Kingsbridge for the north of England to get away from Harold and her guilt over David's death, but there was just too much of David in this novel. In fact, I felt like his character hijacked the book.
Still, because I liked The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry so much, and even though I struggled to finish The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, I had planned to give the book 3 stars. Then the last two pages happened. What a cop out. So, 2 stars.
I really enjoyed The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and have been looking forward to reading this one for a while. What a letdown.
I had a couple of problems with this novel, one of which was I didn't really like Queenie much. She came off as pathetic and sort of stalker-ish, and reminded me in some ways of the lead character in The Girl on the Train, trying to insinuate herself into someone's else's life. Also, I didn't buy her friendship with David Fry. What was she getting out of the relationship? He was an annoying, selfish douchebag to her, and not likable in any sense. She wasn't even using David to get closer to the man she loved, Harold. So....why? I realize the whole plot of the book(s) centered around the fact she had to flee Kingsbridge for the north of England to get away from Harold and her guilt over David's death, but there was just too much of David in this novel. In fact, I felt like his character hijacked the book.
Still, because I liked The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry so much, and even though I struggled to finish The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, I had planned to give the book 3 stars. Then the last two pages happened. What a cop out. So, 2 stars.