A review by sarahelizabethii
Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search by Martin Sixsmith

Did not finish book.

See the movie instead. The book is all telling and no showing, not to mention heavy on the passive voice. Very dull. By the middle of the book, there's not a hint of the intriguing search portrayed in the movie.

Also, the dialog is clearly invented. Irish-/Britishisms are one thing in the narrative, but coming from the mouths of the American characters they don't ring the least bit true to an American ear.