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A review by anna4ce
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
1.0
NOTHING. HAPPENS. IN. THIS. BOOK.
Liked Tom Hanks on audio, but I was forever hoping something interesting would happen but instead, it's a book of siblings being siblings with stunted emotional growth due to childhood trauma. Realistic? Pretty much. Captivating? Definitely not. Well developed characters? Meh.
Honestly, the author keeps writing about the main characters' mother being such a good person: "You just wouldn't understand. She wanted to help people." Like saying this enough times would elicit emotional ties and forgiveness after hundreds of pages of (or, in my case, hours of listening to) the consequences of abandonment by a parental figure.
Liked Tom Hanks on audio, but I was forever hoping something interesting would happen but instead, it's a book of siblings being siblings with stunted emotional growth due to childhood trauma. Realistic? Pretty much. Captivating? Definitely not. Well developed characters? Meh.
Honestly, the author keeps writing about the main characters' mother being such a good person: "You just wouldn't understand. She wanted to help people." Like saying this enough times would elicit emotional ties and forgiveness after hundreds of pages of (or, in my case, hours of listening to) the consequences of abandonment by a parental figure.