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One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes
Roadtrip book! Hell yeah, sign me up.
I got this for christmas and wondered why my friend thought I would like housewife/mother books. I'm 17. I literally told this book that: "seriously, she know I like fantasy better, even young adult books are accepted even if they're usually boring". Then I decided to give it a try, and didn't regret it.
It helped that Jess, the single mother, was young. In her early 20's I believe. As a teenager I can't say I care for all the drama and problems that comes with being a mom. If I want to listen to that I can knock on my neighbour's door. This book had a bit more than that, fortunately.
“She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasn’t really a smile at all, and they went on.”
The scary thing is how many similarities my family has with this book. Even as a hopefully-never-a-mom I could identify with having so much responsibility and that feeling of having to cheer up when nothing goes your way. I think we all do. However, the idea Jess has - that the only thing she needs is to show her kids love and they'll be alright - seems very naive to me. Is that how adults think? I feel like an alien sometimes trying to get Jess' thinking when it comes to her kids.
Being the kid myself in that situation who has your mom's support, but no one else, I can promise you that it won't always be enough. If you ask Tanzie (the math genius kid) she would give you the percentage of those kids who actually turn up alright, I'm sure it would be a suprisingly low number.
And that's the thing with this book that irks me. (I've never used the word "irks" before for the record). The thing that irks me is that this book takes so light on so many topics. And yes it's supposed to be chicks lit and wonderful and blabla, but it missed that kind of depth I would want from a book like this. It isn't like the synopsis (kind of) says: a book with a single mom rescued by a shining knight who is weirder than you would think at first glance. "One plus one" tries to be more than that in the way it's written and the reflections it contains. Still, it's not serious enough to actually matter or get through to those who reads it and not silly enough to be a dream of a life.
It just doesn't work for me, even if it has it's moments.
I got this for christmas and wondered why my friend thought I would like housewife/mother books. I'm 17. I literally told this book that: "seriously, she know I like fantasy better, even young adult books are accepted even if they're usually boring". Then I decided to give it a try, and didn't regret it.
It helped that Jess, the single mother, was young. In her early 20's I believe. As a teenager I can't say I care for all the drama and problems that comes with being a mom. If I want to listen to that I can knock on my neighbour's door. This book had a bit more than that, fortunately.
“She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasn’t really a smile at all, and they went on.”
The scary thing is how many similarities my family has with this book. Even as a hopefully-never-a-mom I could identify with having so much responsibility and that feeling of having to cheer up when nothing goes your way. I think we all do. However, the idea Jess has - that the only thing she needs is to show her kids love and they'll be alright - seems very naive to me. Is that how adults think? I feel like an alien sometimes trying to get Jess' thinking when it comes to her kids.
Being the kid myself in that situation who has your mom's support, but no one else, I can promise you that it won't always be enough. If you ask Tanzie (the math genius kid) she would give you the percentage of those kids who actually turn up alright, I'm sure it would be a suprisingly low number.
And that's the thing with this book that irks me. (I've never used the word "irks" before for the record). The thing that irks me is that this book takes so light on so many topics. And yes it's supposed to be chicks lit and wonderful and blabla, but it missed that kind of depth I would want from a book like this. It isn't like the synopsis (kind of) says: a book with a single mom rescued by a shining knight who is weirder than you would think at first glance. "One plus one" tries to be more than that in the way it's written and the reflections it contains. Still, it's not serious enough to actually matter or get through to those who reads it and not silly enough to be a dream of a life.
It just doesn't work for me, even if it has it's moments.