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A review by deepwinterodd
Sure of You by Armistead Maupin
4.0
I know I'm in the minority in liking this book more than many others in the series, but hear me out. The events in this book feel like they're the natural progression of character arcs that have been built since the very beginning. Michael, Brian and Mary Ann are exactly who you could see them becoming over the course of the previous five books. The Things They Eventually Do, while in some cases cruel, are exactly what I'd been expecting from the very beginning.
And that is delicious storytelling.
I appreciate when authors see that their characters are going to make terrible decisions and let them do just that, rather than trying to force them into being better characters who aren't themselves.
I missed the Barbary Lane setting even while enjoying the subplot of snide interior design critique; The Summit works for this in a way that the earthquake shacks do not. It took me a hot minute to get into the section in Greece, but ultimately that worked as well -- although it made me more cognizant of how much Mona has been missing.
My only real complaint -- now happily rectified -- is that the very, very last page didn't feel like an appropriate ending for a story that's so big and has meant so much to so many people. But luckily now it just makes for an appropriate ending for this particular book.
And that is delicious storytelling.
I appreciate when authors see that their characters are going to make terrible decisions and let them do just that, rather than trying to force them into being better characters who aren't themselves.
I missed the Barbary Lane setting even while enjoying the subplot of snide interior design critique; The Summit works for this in a way that the earthquake shacks do not. It took me a hot minute to get into the section in Greece, but ultimately that worked as well -- although it made me more cognizant of how much Mona has been missing.
My only real complaint -- now happily rectified -- is that the very, very last page didn't feel like an appropriate ending for a story that's so big and has meant so much to so many people. But luckily now it just makes for an appropriate ending for this particular book.