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A review by lesleyannieb
Gone by Cathi Hanauer
1.0
The author has strong opinions about obesity, modern technology, feminism and men being helpless and she lectures the reader on her beliefs every chance she gets. If I want to know the details of gastric bypass surgery or that BMI of 30 means one is obese I'll read a non-fiction book about it.
The FICTIONAL part of the story was painful to read. I didn't like any of the characters and didn't care by the end how anything turned out. Many of the characters' actions seemed unbelievable - what mother would drop her 14-year-old daughter off on a street corner to hang out with adult men? Or not call the police when her husband left unexpectedly? The 8-year-old son goes to bed in his underwear because "Mom, you didn't put me in my pajamas!"?
The FICTIONAL part of the story was painful to read. I didn't like any of the characters and didn't care by the end how anything turned out. Many of the characters' actions seemed unbelievable - what mother would drop her 14-year-old daughter off on a street corner to hang out with adult men? Or not call the police when her husband left unexpectedly? The 8-year-old son goes to bed in his underwear because "Mom, you didn't put me in my pajamas!"?