Oct 30, 2023R_M_1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent book, but extremely depressing, despite the 'positivity' (if you can call it that) at the end. Sometimes 'true' is too painful. Lucy Maud Montgomery said that life is too full of sorrow and unhappy endings that she made sure…
Mar 25, 2021maipenrai rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This amazing book begins with a woman murdering her aged mother who suffers from advanced dementia. Over the next 24 hours, Helen confronts her life and relationships. What a premise! I had to find out how the story ended. It has some…
Feb 27, 2020dlh1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is one of those books that can keep you interested, mainly because you wonder how the main character is going to deal with the situation she has gotten herself into. However, I was sadly disappointed that the author chose the easiest…
Apr 07, 2017GLNovak rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a book that I don't think anyone can like. A woman who cared for a mentally ill mother for years after her father died finally cracks and kills her. Quite the beginning. The rest of the book takes us through the next twenty-four…
Feb 17, 2017taylorwoods rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
To be completely honest I am so over the place with this one. I like this explanation for how I feel taken from the novel's wikipedia page:
Simultaneously uncomfortable and absorbing. - Kim Hedges, San Francisco Chronicle
I found…
Sep 16, 2016mommajam rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It started out well, but quickly deteriorated to the level of a Harlequin romance novel. Very disappointing.
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Dec 08, 2015Cas22 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
After enjoying Sebold’s earlier book, “The Lovely Bones”, I was looking forward to this one. Sadly, it did not live up to my expectations. The story of a middle-aged woman making an impromptu decision to kill her mother after years of…
Jul 04, 2015MrsCraw rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
so grim! if you moved to oregon for the rain and like books where no one is happy then this is the summer read for you! it's a bizarro 'mrs. dalloway' or normcore 'the stranger.'
Jul 31, 2012Daisy_Girl rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Having not read any of Sebold's other work, I have nothing to compare it to, but I did not enjoy this book. The first hundred pages seemed so bizzare and unbelievable at times. And those first 100 pages just dragged on...
I stuck with it…
Mar 01, 2012mudflapflossy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Seems like alot of people hated it, I loved it. Maybe because there’s mental illness in my family & I could so relate to how living with it impacts everyone. And strangely enough it’s really quite funny. She has a great lyrical way with…
Feb 26, 2011adaremahan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Best book I've read of hers so far. It was a very captivating story, I loved the characters, the plot, and I could wait to see what happened in the end. Next I love "Lucky", and then "The Lovely Bones".
Dec 05, 2010Carterpenj rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A well written story of the affects of mental illness - but still depressing. Concern for the heroine keeps you reading, even as the disturbing story unfolds.
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