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leelee77's review
3.0
I originally gave this 4 stars as I liked the story and the idea of following several different characters and how they all pieced together with the connection of the school.
However, in hindsight I have knocked a star off as the grammar was quite poor again and I feel this book would benefit from proper chapter breaks. One minute you are reading about Dana, then it jumps to say Joan and it did get a little bit confusing on that front.
Overall a good story if you can look past these couple of points. I did feel a bit confused with the last paragraph/sentence
However, in hindsight I have knocked a star off as the grammar was quite poor again and I feel this book would benefit from proper chapter breaks. One minute you are reading about Dana, then it jumps to say Joan and it did get a little bit confusing on that front.
Overall a good story if you can look past these couple of points. I did feel a bit confused with the last paragraph/sentence
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did Joan keep the lottery ticket to herself?crownab's review
2.0
This one had the potential to be a good one but there were just too many characters crammed in one book. the story line was confusing to follow and there was no time to really connect with one particular family.
sarahs_bookish_life's review
4.0
We are introduced to quite a few characters of which the connection is their children all go to the same school. They all live quite different lifestyles with Dana and Alana having wealth on their side where as for Mo she has to watch the pennies. Daddy Gordon is both a mum and dad to twins of which I loved the parts that featured him as they were never dull!
All four characters are facing various issues in their personal lives. Whilst overall it is a light-hearted read, it very much focuses on relationships. It was interesting to see each character and how their relationships changed throughout the story. With Mo, not only are things changing with her husband, we also get to see a lot of her and her best friend and whilst I loved, I did find myself questioning some of her actions.
The School Gates was a fun and entertaining read that made me quite happy that my own life is relatively boring compared to what the characters get up to in this book. It felt a bit like catching up with friends and having a good gossip! The stork flicks between each of the characters and they had me that hooked that before I realised it, I was already halfway through. The second half went quickly as well and I felt a bit deflated when I got to the end as I had so enjoyed these characters and didn’t want to say goodbye. An engrossing page turner!
All four characters are facing various issues in their personal lives. Whilst overall it is a light-hearted read, it very much focuses on relationships. It was interesting to see each character and how their relationships changed throughout the story. With Mo, not only are things changing with her husband, we also get to see a lot of her and her best friend and whilst I loved, I did find myself questioning some of her actions.
The School Gates was a fun and entertaining read that made me quite happy that my own life is relatively boring compared to what the characters get up to in this book. It felt a bit like catching up with friends and having a good gossip! The stork flicks between each of the characters and they had me that hooked that before I realised it, I was already halfway through. The second half went quickly as well and I felt a bit deflated when I got to the end as I had so enjoyed these characters and didn’t want to say goodbye. An engrossing page turner!
staceyfe907's review
3.0
It’s sort of a Love Actually type of storyline, with many smaller storylines all connected via the school their children attend.
For me there were too many characters and storylines, with even snippets of mini storylines within another - like the Vicar’s bit - that seemed completely pointless and didn’t really add anything to the book. And some very strange behaviours too.
For me there were too many characters and storylines, with even snippets of mini storylines within another - like the Vicar’s bit - that seemed completely pointless and didn’t really add anything to the book. And some very strange behaviours too.
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