bookswrotemystory's review
4.0
The really magical thing about Rainbow’s writing is that she writes about things that are hard to read about, but she does it in such a light, effortless way that eventually I forget that I’m reading something I don’t want to read about. Or not necessarily forget. But not hate that I’m reading about it. Reading a book about a failing marriage isn’t much fun. Or it shouldn’t be. I wouldn’t normally have much interest in a book on that particular topic (hits a little too close to home sometimes.) But Rainbow writes it in a way that makes it bearable. She makes it worth reading about. The payoff is always worth her particular brand of heartache.
I didn’t get into the story right away, but eventually it picked up its stride and I read it straight through the rest of the way. Sometimes I just wanted to shake Georgie. To shout at her to go fix her marriage instead of sitting around being miserable. But it is starkly honest to have characters that take the long way around to finding the solutions to their problems. I know that is certainly the case for me at times in my life. If only I had my own readers stepping in to shake some sense into me once in awhile.
Part of me finds the concept of this story a bit ridiculous. And yet Rainbow writes it so convincingly that I was able to overlook that. And I really enjoyed it anyway. This book is fitting with Rowell’s signature style of addressing tough issues with a touch of humor and a lot of heartfelt emotion. Once again, Rainbow justifies her position as one of my favorite authors I have discovered in the last couple of years.
I didn’t get into the story right away, but eventually it picked up its stride and I read it straight through the rest of the way. Sometimes I just wanted to shake Georgie. To shout at her to go fix her marriage instead of sitting around being miserable. But it is starkly honest to have characters that take the long way around to finding the solutions to their problems. I know that is certainly the case for me at times in my life. If only I had my own readers stepping in to shake some sense into me once in awhile.
Part of me finds the concept of this story a bit ridiculous. And yet Rainbow writes it so convincingly that I was able to overlook that. And I really enjoyed it anyway. This book is fitting with Rowell’s signature style of addressing tough issues with a touch of humor and a lot of heartfelt emotion. Once again, Rainbow justifies her position as one of my favorite authors I have discovered in the last couple of years.
periodicreader's review
3.0
This was a very interesting story.
A woman obsessed with work re-discovers her love for life and her family via a magic telephone. There are also pugs involved, which made me automatically like it a lot because pugs are fairly fantastic.
It was a smidge sappy, but as a quick beach read, it was a good book.
A woman obsessed with work re-discovers her love for life and her family via a magic telephone. There are also pugs involved, which made me automatically like it a lot because pugs are fairly fantastic.
It was a smidge sappy, but as a quick beach read, it was a good book.
dl2000's review
3.0
3.5 stars for me. I really enjoyed the writing - it was an easy and fun book to read, the characters were quirky and interesting and I appreciated how the author presented the issue of trying to revive and save a 15 year marriage, but for me there were too many unresolved issues, and a huge inconsistency for me - I wish the author would have offered some explanation as to why Neal never called his wife all week - it just didn't fit in with the way his character was portrayed.
tlvanspriell01's review
4.0
This book was really cute. I loved Fangirl, so I was excited to read another book by Rainbow Rowell. I’m kind of glad the book didn’t give a concrete ending, as relationships don’t just wrap up nicely like a bow. But they are about learning to choose one another, and that was beautiful.
caitlin689's review against another edition
5.0
I picked this up, to start something new and ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting on a school night
spiderfelt's review
1.0
Bah! This book may redeem itself at some point further along, but I could not listen one more sniveling, whiny chapter. 2/8 parts of the audiobook is as far as I made it before I turned it off in a fit of pique.
damnthereiam's review
5.0
Yet another awesome Rainbow Rowell book. I just fall in love with her characters and it makes me want to know them!
megnolia13's review
3.0
It was ok. There were chunks of repeated yammering that I eventually had to skim. Like, ok, yes - we know the character feels that way and have gathered they will continue to feel that way. Edit. Cull. But it was a good story nonetheless.