John A. and Marguerite E. W. (aliennightbird) reviewed on 5/6/2009 + 40 more book reviews

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What can I say. I just couldn't get into this book.

Although it is not one of my favorite genres, I have read and enjoyed fiction by several authors (Debbie McComber is the author that pops into my mind off the bat) in which women unite, usually through a craft group, like knitting or quilting, or a reading group, slowly revealed their personal lives and problems, and healed and moved on personally and together as they supported each other. Usually the individual and group stories are told with warmth and perhaps a touch of humor here and there without sacrificing other feelings or decent writing.

But, in this book, the writing style was flat. I continually got the characters and action mixed up. And, I really felt nothing for the women's individual stories.

Maybe if I didn't have so many other books that need reading, I would have soldiered on through the book to the end. Maybe I would have finally gotten into the characters and the story. (After all, I have read many books that got good, but not right away.) Maybe I was just tired.

But, I finally just put the book aside and picked up another that interested me more.

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