Helpful Score: 2
i ordered this book because i liked the title,unfortunately is the only thing i liked.
Modern day romance and every possible tragedy the writer could come up with: physical and sexual abuse, pedophilia, drug addiction, alcoholism, cancer, depression, panic attack (that unbelievably the main character, Julia, a woman with apparently amazing insight in other people lives, calls "dread disease, and thinks she will die of it).
The author goes on and on with description of homes that are a nightmarish clash of colors (p.s. toilets as flower pots in a front yard aren't charmingly odd), or "art" (yes, in quotes) despite the feeling of symbolism,she seems to want to convey, the subjects are amateurish at best, i don't know what she saw in her mind, but what i saw in mine was a badly made pastiche of clashing styles.
I finished the book,it is predictable,the characters are flat, and frankly Julia is annoying,the only thing one keep wondering : why she didn't just got herself to a therapist.
For some reason she seems very fond of the word "splendiferous" ... well, this book is definitely not.
Modern day romance and every possible tragedy the writer could come up with: physical and sexual abuse, pedophilia, drug addiction, alcoholism, cancer, depression, panic attack (that unbelievably the main character, Julia, a woman with apparently amazing insight in other people lives, calls "dread disease, and thinks she will die of it).
The author goes on and on with description of homes that are a nightmarish clash of colors (p.s. toilets as flower pots in a front yard aren't charmingly odd), or "art" (yes, in quotes) despite the feeling of symbolism,she seems to want to convey, the subjects are amateurish at best, i don't know what she saw in her mind, but what i saw in mine was a badly made pastiche of clashing styles.
I finished the book,it is predictable,the characters are flat, and frankly Julia is annoying,the only thing one keep wondering : why she didn't just got herself to a therapist.
For some reason she seems very fond of the word "splendiferous" ... well, this book is definitely not.
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