I've been reading Belva Plain since I was a teenager and I've loved many of her books including PROMISES, LEGACY OF SILENCE, LOOKING BACK and others. I wish I could say the same for HEARTWOOD.
What a disappointment. The book started off with Belva's lovely style of making you feel you know the family members well and could cozy up with the book for a good read...but it doesn't take long before Laura and Iris are grating on your nerves far too much with their stupidity regarding a woman's role in a marriage. I mean, after all, the story is set in the late 70's/early 80's, not the dark ages.
Such characterization is too dense and nonsensical to be entertaining for 300 pages.
I wanted to love this one, I really did, since it's BP's last before she passed away. Unfortunately, in the end, the storyline was just too contrived and flaccid for me.
What a disappointment. The book started off with Belva's lovely style of making you feel you know the family members well and could cozy up with the book for a good read...but it doesn't take long before Laura and Iris are grating on your nerves far too much with their stupidity regarding a woman's role in a marriage. I mean, after all, the story is set in the late 70's/early 80's, not the dark ages.
Such characterization is too dense and nonsensical to be entertaining for 300 pages.
I wanted to love this one, I really did, since it's BP's last before she passed away. Unfortunately, in the end, the storyline was just too contrived and flaccid for me.
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