Landline
Ratings3
Average rating1.7
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Ratings3
Average rating1.7
Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it's been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply -- but that almost seems beside the point now. Maybe that was always besides the point. Two days before they're supposed to visit Neal's family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can't go. She's a TV writer, and something's come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her -- Neal is always a little upset with Georgie -- but she doesn't expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her. When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she's finally done it. If she's ruined everything. That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It's not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she's been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts. Is that what she's supposed to do? Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
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So very disappointing. I forced myself to finish in the hopes that maybe, somehow, because it's Rainbow Rowell, it would salvage itself. Nope, the ending was an anticlimactic wreck. Her YA is excellent, filled with complex and believable characters and situations. Yet this “adult” book included a pandering attempt at a love triangle and a magic, time-traveling phone. Say what? This was whiny, poorly written, plot-less dreck. I believe you to be better than this, RR.
Short Review: A 14 year marriage is in danger, and a magic phone to the past may be just the thing the marriage needs to be saved. Rainbow Rowell is definitely now in my list of ‘favorite authors'. Rowell should not be considered a YA author and this book is proof of that. While not too heavy, it is a book that will be appreciated by adults that are old enough to have been married 14 years. Good on the importance of marriage and family without idealizing either and not feeling like it preaches. The ending was not my favorite because I did't think things were ‘solved' but instead just hinted at. I spend some time talking about some of the complaints about the book that I have read in other reviews on my full review.
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