nocto's review against another edition
3.0
I was after something light and thought this might be too light but it worked out well. I almost didn't pick it up off the library shelf but then saw it was a follow on book featuring the sisters Pip, Fen & Cat from earlier books by the author. The earlier books were very "girl meets boy and lives happily ever after". This therefore must be about how the "happily ever after" bit works out. Which it is. And I enjoyed it a lot. It's quite bittersweet in places, not always frivolous, the characters aren't having a good time all the time and they have grown up quite a lot. I'll probably pick North's other recent books up at some point, these are better than any other "chick lit" I've tried to read.
faithtutton's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
nwhyte's review
4.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2175682.html[return][return]Chick lit isn't my usual genre, but I do dabble very occasionally, and I really enjoyed this - the story of three sisters, brought up by their uncle, whose love lives and career are all in slight disarray, then completely disrupted by the reappearance of their long-vanished mother. North has a very credible and compassionate way of getting into people's heads. Nobody is an angel, nobody is completely evil either. And the ending is not a completely happy one, but does bring some resolution, and sometimes that's all you can ask. Apparently North had written a novel about each of the three sisters previously; I'll keep an eye out for those.
ailsabristow's review
3.0
If you're going to read chick-lit (which lets fact it, every so often I am) you might as well read Freya North. Home Truths is chick-lit for grown-ups - it explores what happens after you bag the man of your dreams and throws in babies, infidelties and family revelations for good measure. Whilst still managing to provide the brainless escapism that you pick up chick-lit for in the first place.
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