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cmbohn's review against another edition
3.0
Ivy is caught between caring for her kids at home and worrying about her mother's failing health. And she has to do it all on her own, while her husband travels most of the year with a Christian quartet. Her new friends help her with some major changes in her life.
I found this one in the library and thought I would give it a try. I've never read any by this author. It was a clean read, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. It starts off really slow and I got bored, so I skipped ahead to see if it was worth continuing. It did pick up towards the last 1/3 of the book, but that's a long way in. I was hoping for more. Not terrible, but not worth reading again. I haven't decided if I'll give the author another try.
I found this one in the library and thought I would give it a try. I've never read any by this author. It was a clean read, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. It starts off really slow and I got bored, so I skipped ahead to see if it was worth continuing. It did pick up towards the last 1/3 of the book, but that's a long way in. I was hoping for more. Not terrible, but not worth reading again. I haven't decided if I'll give the author another try.
kenna_ainjo's review
4.0
I thought that the writing voice was engaging and the style good, and it's a bit refreshing to read a novel written as a memoir from a conservative woman's POV.
I liked it up until the end, when *SPOILERS*
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her husband comes back and owns up to his crap, at which point her personal accountability goes down the drain and she suddenly stops owning up to her own mistakes. She mentions them after he apologizes like once, but they never have a candid conversation about what she was doing. Before that point I liked how they showed her mental process of wanting a relationship with Mitch but at least in theory not being okay with what she was doing. Also, the sum-up of what happened at the end was a bit much for me. The style changed, and it was like a movie in which the ending is voiced-over instead of shown.
Other than that I was a big fan.
I liked it up until the end, when *SPOILERS*
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her husband comes back and owns up to his crap, at which point her personal accountability goes down the drain and she suddenly stops owning up to her own mistakes. She mentions them after he apologizes like once, but they never have a candid conversation about what she was doing. Before that point I liked how they showed her mental process of wanting a relationship with Mitch but at least in theory not being okay with what she was doing. Also, the sum-up of what happened at the end was a bit much for me. The style changed, and it was like a movie in which the ending is voiced-over instead of shown.
Other than that I was a big fan.
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