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A review by teresat
The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
3.0
I love Jane Green, have read most of her books. The Friends We Keep was good, but that is it. I connected with Maggie, but the other two main characters didn't reach me.
I found it odd that we knew nothing of Topher's painful past until 50% or more into the book and then it was barely mentioned, yet there was much said about him not liking being touched, whether by males or females.
I also found it odd that Evvie willingly moved in with Maggie, actually thinking Maggie and Jack would never meet. Seriously? You don't think your son will come visit you? It was just the two of you for most of his life and you don't think he will want to see where you live? I also felt that Maggie's body issues were kind of skated over. Dexatrim, bulimia, etc., and then overweight in her 40s and 50s (for which her husband fat shamed her). No delving in to why she yoyo dieted and binge ate.
Maggie, I got. She loved Ben, made excuses for his drinking, and then was done. She is a nurturer and at some point, the nurturer gets tired of taking care of everyone else and needs someone to take care of her, and if there is no one to do it, she has to do it herself. She told Ben she wanted a divorce - that was taking care of herself. He died instead - so she felt guilty (as is typical of a nurturer "what didn't I do? what didn't I see?")
It took 10 days for me to read this, which is a long time for me, and tells me it wasn't what I had hoped it would be.
I found it odd that we knew nothing of Topher's painful past until 50% or more into the book and then it was barely mentioned, yet there was much said about him not liking being touched, whether by males or females.
I also found it odd that Evvie willingly moved in with Maggie, actually thinking Maggie and Jack would never meet. Seriously? You don't think your son will come visit you? It was just the two of you for most of his life and you don't think he will want to see where you live? I also felt that Maggie's body issues were kind of skated over. Dexatrim, bulimia, etc., and then overweight in her 40s and 50s (for which her husband fat shamed her). No delving in to why she yoyo dieted and binge ate.
Maggie, I got. She loved Ben, made excuses for his drinking, and then was done. She is a nurturer and at some point, the nurturer gets tired of taking care of everyone else and needs someone to take care of her, and if there is no one to do it, she has to do it herself. She told Ben she wanted a divorce - that was taking care of herself. He died instead - so she felt guilty (as is typical of a nurturer "what didn't I do? what didn't I see?")
It took 10 days for me to read this, which is a long time for me, and tells me it wasn't what I had hoped it would be.