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The Second Home by Christina Clancy
4.0
This was pretty good. 3.5 rounded up to 4 for GoodReads.
I loved the descriptions of the old Gordon house in Wellfleet and the Outer Cape in general.
I did put the book down for a while about 1/4 in when the event that implodes the family is about to happen. Because I was annoyed at these two characters for being so naive, stubborn, and unwilling to communicate at ALL with anyone. Granted one conversation would have eliminated the entire reason for the book but I was still reluctant to continue with these characters knowing there was still so much book left.
Fortunately, shortly after that, the book zooms back into 2016 and we're back to the house on the Cape.
The ending is very rushed and wraps up too neatly in 2 pages. It really felt lacking. There was so much detail and minutae in the first half of the book. Then the second half of the book really jumps around as much. Things happen off the page and the reader just gets a mention.
Now as I write my review perhaps it should be 3.5 rounded to 3 for Good Reads because as I type this out I realize that the book left me wanting more - especially in the second half. These characters still don't talk about ANYTHING. They went from being estranged for reasons they didn't talk about or question and then they are reconnected and still don't really talk or resolve things.
But if you want to get lost in the Cape and some regular people's lives, this is a good book to pick up.
I loved the descriptions of the old Gordon house in Wellfleet and the Outer Cape in general.
I did put the book down for a while about 1/4 in when the event that implodes the family is about to happen. Because I was annoyed at these two characters for being so naive, stubborn, and unwilling to communicate at ALL with anyone. Granted one conversation would have eliminated the entire reason for the book but I was still reluctant to continue with these characters knowing there was still so much book left.
Fortunately, shortly after that, the book zooms back into 2016 and we're back to the house on the Cape.
The ending is very rushed and wraps up too neatly in 2 pages. It really felt lacking. There was so much detail and minutae in the first half of the book. Then the second half of the book really jumps around as much. Things happen off the page and the reader just gets a mention.
Now as I write my review perhaps it should be 3.5 rounded to 3 for Good Reads because as I type this out I realize that the book left me wanting more - especially in the second half. These characters still don't talk about ANYTHING. They went from being estranged for reasons they didn't talk about or question and then they are reconnected and still don't really talk or resolve things.
But if you want to get lost in the Cape and some regular people's lives, this is a good book to pick up.