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I would never have read this if it weren’t for my friend Lauren even though I read and liked Senna’s previous book. The reviews were too mixed. But I liked it quite a lot and enjoyed how LA it was and the tone was just about right for me. I totally didn’t see the twist coming for some reason.
What an interesting book! The Japanese stories always seem to have a slightly different cadence. Both the plot and the characters in this story were unlike anything I’ve read. Still thinking about it….
Another excellent read for 2025. If you like character-driven novels you will absolutely cherish this story of Martha Ballard who is the most kick ass midwife you will ever read about. Well written, and wonderfully narrated, this story was a complete joy to read and will stay with me for a long while.
Even though I read this novel in one single swallow, I think it was mediocre. Besides their obsessive love for each other, we knew nothing about either character. It was a romance without the depth and a mystery without the depth. It was still eminently readable as with all of Modglin’s novels so I swallowed it up in one day.
What an excellent, excellent start to the new year. I don’t know why I hadn’t heard of this book and I haven’t read enough of Maynard to seek all her stories but maybe I should because this multi-generational family story was one of the best books I’ve read in a while. I love character-driven stories and this one gave me characters in heaps. I loved every single moment I spent with it.
This is the third book my friend Jess gave me. It’s 3.5 stars for me mostly because it was so long and I kept losing focus on and off but I loved the main character and just like her other two books the dialogue is exquisite!
I have read and loved all of Rubin’s books. I liked this one, too, but it was much more simplistic than I was expecting. Perhaps that’s my fault for not reading the blurb closely but it’s not super clear that this is mostly a book of single sentence truths from Rubin about different topics. There are some real gems in this book and some beautiful thoughts that will stay with you. Just don’t expect it to be a big idea book like several of her other ones. with gratitude to Crown and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book was an interesting read. It was gritty, scary and a little bit too real or too possible.
My good friend Jess gifted these books to me back in September but I somehow missed them until now so I wanted to make up for that by immediately reading them. And I am so glad I did! What an awesome writer Bujold is. I love her creativity, I love her characters and I love love love her witty dialogue.
I immediately moved on to this one after Shards of Honor and I am so glad I did! I love Cordelia so so much! She is smart, strong and has some of the best lines!!
There are messed up families and then there are messed up families! The Lingates have survived the tragedy of losing Sarah Lingate twenty years ago in Capri. Because they want to prove that it was not a crime, they keep coming back to their house in Capri for a week every year just like they used to. Everyone’s moved on. Or have they? Sarah’s daughter, Helen, wants to uncover the truth. She also wants to get out from under their control. And then her mother’s necklace is uncovered. The one she was wearing the night she died. The one they had thought was lost to the sea or stolen. And, of course, things start to unravel. They get twisted and twisted again. Some I saw coming, and some not at all. Despite the truly messed up family, I enjoyed reading this novel and swallowed it up in two days. with gratitude to netgalley and Ballantine Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
This book took forever for me to read. The characters were mostly insufferable and I just couldn’t get into the story even though I did want to know what happened. Several reviews say this is about a live case in Idaho and even though a bunch of other things happen in the book, and I am sure the twist ending is intended to move the story away from live events, it’s a bit icky to take a current, unsolved live event and use it as a plot device. I guessed the twist before it came. In the end, this book was okay. Longer than it needed to be. I think if it were 100 pages shorter, I might have liked it more. with gratitude to netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review |
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