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A review by casperea
The Christmas Trip by Sandy Barker
1.0
I pride myself on finishing the books I start, but I couldn’t finish this!!!
I was so excited to read this book. It sounded like the movie The Holiday with an additional main character. That was not the case. This is the most convoluted plot. Unless you are taking copious amounts of notes, you will not be able to keep up with what is happening.
My biggest complaint is that there are far too many characters. That in and of itself would not be a problem, but their lives are intertwined in a way that makes keeping up super difficult. The three main women are friends from three different continents, who in a previous book switched houses for Christmas. This book picks up where the first one left off, but not all of the women went back to their original lives. One is dating a brother, one stayed in a different country, one became famous? I honestly don’t know.
What this really boils down to is bad writing. The author was unable to differentiate the characters in a way that makes sense for her reader. This is a direct result of very little or no character development.
If you take anything away from this review, please take that I would not recommend reading this book.
Special thanks to NetGalley.com and Harper Collins UK One More Chapter for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback.
I was so excited to read this book. It sounded like the movie The Holiday with an additional main character. That was not the case. This is the most convoluted plot. Unless you are taking copious amounts of notes, you will not be able to keep up with what is happening.
My biggest complaint is that there are far too many characters. That in and of itself would not be a problem, but their lives are intertwined in a way that makes keeping up super difficult. The three main women are friends from three different continents, who in a previous book switched houses for Christmas. This book picks up where the first one left off, but not all of the women went back to their original lives. One is dating a brother, one stayed in a different country, one became famous? I honestly don’t know.
What this really boils down to is bad writing. The author was unable to differentiate the characters in a way that makes sense for her reader. This is a direct result of very little or no character development.
If you take anything away from this review, please take that I would not recommend reading this book.
Special thanks to NetGalley.com and Harper Collins UK One More Chapter for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback.