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A review by littlemisswordcollector
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Did not finish.
The writing is fine and I liked the cover art. BUT, I’m so tired of reading about racist rich people. So basically I’m at the part where this Jewish woman (Elsa) and her small son visit her “friend” and tells everyone at the table about the upcoming war. The wife of the friend, Kitty, can’t stand it any longer and just wants to eat her lobster in peace. She interrupts Elsa who is pleading for help and basically says (paraphrasing here): just look at the sky and the beautiful island we’re on that my guy and I just bought! Stop talking about ugly war.
Their rich friends all nod their heads in agreement and say: “Kitty’s not only right, but Kitty has just done what she does best - pointed out the good, (thank god!) and the beautiful! Nevermind the rest for now.”
And just moments later when Elsa asks Kitty to take her son and save him…Kitty is so offended - how dare she say her son is the same as my son! 🙄🙄🙄
Does this book get better??? I get so lost in the time changes from 1937 to present…I wish there was also a chapter change to indicate. It felt like such a chore to read…and then I found out there’s 484 pages?? No thank you. I wasted 5 hours, and I’m not wasting anymore.
The writing is fine and I liked the cover art. BUT, I’m so tired of reading about racist rich people. So basically I’m at the part where this Jewish woman (Elsa) and her small son visit her “friend” and tells everyone at the table about the upcoming war. The wife of the friend, Kitty, can’t stand it any longer and just wants to eat her lobster in peace. She interrupts Elsa who is pleading for help and basically says (paraphrasing here): just look at the sky and the beautiful island we’re on that my guy and I just bought! Stop talking about ugly war.
Their rich friends all nod their heads in agreement and say: “Kitty’s not only right, but Kitty has just done what she does best - pointed out the good, (thank god!) and the beautiful! Nevermind the rest for now.”
And just moments later when Elsa asks Kitty to take her son and save him…Kitty is so offended - how dare she say her son is the same as my son! 🙄🙄🙄
Does this book get better??? I get so lost in the time changes from 1937 to present…I wish there was also a chapter change to indicate. It felt like such a chore to read…and then I found out there’s 484 pages?? No thank you. I wasted 5 hours, and I’m not wasting anymore.