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hanrpp's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.5
This book is okay. It drags on some parts and the characters don’t have much to them. It really bothered me that Miss Julia could be so sharp and speak her mind but also be so stupid on other things. Honestly made the book very hard to get through and rather annoying.
The other odd portion is the book is clearly set in current times but acts like it’s in the 1950s. It’s like the author wanted to set the period for 1950s but then added random modern aspects like cell phones and Tim McGraw.
The other odd portion is the book is clearly set in current times but acts like it’s in the 1950s. It’s like the author wanted to set the period for 1950s but then added random modern aspects like cell phones and Tim McGraw.
ajay913's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
missread789's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
carriedoodledoo's review against another edition
5.0
YAAAAAASSS Miss Julia is everything I want to be. Her husbands bastard child on her doorstep? I'm gonna take care of it. Skeevy church minister trying to get her money? Up yours! Kidnapping and plots? Gumption. Love it! I read the second book in the series and don't like it as much as this one.
happylilkt's review against another edition
3.0
Engaging first person narration. It's a bit of a farce at times, but I enjoyed it!
jeneenthepharm's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse and Infidelity
applegnreads's review against another edition
4.0
i feel a little bad for miss julia but it was an enjoyable book.
melmo2610's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a hoot! It certainly has an unusual storyline and is filled with quirky characters especially Miss Julia.
johunte2's review against another edition
4.0
This book really took its time getting started but the last 5 chapters had me laughing. I just wished it had been that way throughout the whole book. Over all it was a good read just slow to get moving.
noella_t's review against another edition
4.0
Miss Julia is just getting over the shock of her banker husband's death, who left her surprisingly wealthy, when a woman shows up with a little boy who belongs to Miss Julia's husband. She leaving the boy with Miss Julia so she can go to North Carolina to become a beautician to support herself and her son. Now Miss Julia is saddled with a skinny 9 year-old boy. While she resents the boy, she still feels sorry for the innocent little thing.
Living in small-town southern USA, she can't escape the nosiness of her neighbors and especially her Presbyterian pastor who chides her for taking in an "orphan." When the boy's uncle comes to claim him, offering to return him to his mother, Miss Julia gladly turns him over to the uncle. After her house is ransacked and learning a bit more about the uncle, Miss Julia comes to regret her decision to let the boy go.
Although Miss Julia is rather naïve, she has plenty of grit. Unfortunately, Miss Julia has had decisions made for her all her life. She was taught from youth that her husband and the Pastor always knows best, even so far as being a submissive wife to a philandering husband. Miss Julia is beginning to see the hypocrisy that has surrounded her whole life. Though coming to this revelation, and desiring to live in her new-found freedom with the death of her more-than-frugal husband, at times it is difficult for her to always be able let go of the old paradigms and to see what's going on. When the pastor ambushes her with a Doctor of Psychology who makes a play for her, then blames her for being vulnerable to his advances, Miss Julia reverts to her fears of what will people think. They have played on these fears, threatening to tell all unless she lets them be appointed her guardian - all to get her money. However, there are twists and turns at the end.
This is an amusing and fast read.
Living in small-town southern USA, she can't escape the nosiness of her neighbors and especially her Presbyterian pastor who chides her for taking in an "orphan." When the boy's uncle comes to claim him, offering to return him to his mother, Miss Julia gladly turns him over to the uncle. After her house is ransacked and learning a bit more about the uncle, Miss Julia comes to regret her decision to let the boy go.
Although Miss Julia is rather naïve, she has plenty of grit. Unfortunately, Miss Julia has had decisions made for her all her life. She was taught from youth that her husband and the Pastor always knows best, even so far as being a submissive wife to a philandering husband. Miss Julia is beginning to see the hypocrisy that has surrounded her whole life. Though coming to this revelation, and desiring to live in her new-found freedom with the death of her more-than-frugal husband, at times it is difficult for her to always be able let go of the old paradigms and to see what's going on. When the pastor ambushes her with a Doctor of Psychology who makes a play for her, then blames her for being vulnerable to his advances, Miss Julia reverts to her fears of what will people think. They have played on these fears, threatening to tell all unless she lets them be appointed her guardian - all to get her money. However, there are twists and turns at the end.
This is an amusing and fast read.