Lori
This book isn’t nearly as positive and upbeat as I thought it would be. It’s started off well although it’s sad to see fraud committed against an elder. This was the best part of the book as you get to hear about two elder women in the community as cook and bake for grieving families. The author quickly brings readers into the fold of the community and all the characters for this book. The whole story focuses on family dynamics and trauma.
I found that the book was the opposite at every turn to what I thought it would be. Issues like religious beliefs and views are plentiful but were used mainly to be mean towards others then to help connect them. Rather than having this incident bring them together they use this forced proximity to be snarky and rude to each other.
The romance in this book was ok at first but quickly devolves into a PTSD storyline. Talking about PTSD is not a bad thing but its feels like it came out of nowhere and is escalated out of sight of the readers. We go from some PTSD related issues to full alcoholism and breakdown. We don’t see this transition just the jump to the issue and it’s hard to understand why the female love interest puts up with it so soon into a relationship. She backs down immediately and makes excuses for him while acting like an abused spouse. It’s a kind of a disgusting storyline that is handled poorly.
This book isn’t nearly as positive and upbeat as I thought it would be. It’s started off well although it’s sad to see fraud committed against an elder. This was the best part of the book as you get to hear about two elder women in the community as cook and bake for grieving families. The author quickly brings readers into the fold of the community and all the characters for this book. The whole story focuses on family dynamics and trauma.
I found that the book was the opposite at every turn to what I thought it would be. Issues like religious beliefs and views are plentiful but were used mainly to be mean towards others then to help connect them. Rather than having this incident bring them together they use this forced proximity to be snarky and rude to each other.
The romance in this book was ok at first but quickly devolves into a PTSD storyline. Talking about PTSD is not a bad thing but its feels like it came out of nowhere and is escalated out of sight of the readers. We go from some PTSD related issues to full alcoholism and breakdown. We don’t see this transition just the jump to the issue and it’s hard to understand why the female love interest puts up with it so soon into a relationship. She backs down immediately and makes excuses for him while acting like an abused spouse. It’s a kind of a disgusting storyline that is handled poorly.