A review by jennywjordan
No One Knows Us Here by Rebecca Kelley
4.0
I’m still not sure I know them
Rosemary and Wendy are half sisters connected by genetics, memories, and shared dramatic experiences that neither has discussed with the other. When Wendy shows up on Rosemary’s door, she is in need and Rosemary is too. And hence begins to novel ——Kelley helps us see the plight in struggling to survive and the depths of trying to make a life.
Unfortunately her sympathetic lead is also irresponsible and a bit self pitying She has choices —-and in whether she stays with Leo —- but in how she cares for Wendy. She spends a lot of timing telling us how hard everything is. And it is but, you can choose to complain or do something and unfortunately Rosemary’s doing something generally is not well thought out.
I read the novel quickly and was interested to see how it needed but I never reached the point where I cared very much what happened to Rosemary and I honestly wanted to shake her a bit an say. You escaped —twice—-what will you do now with another chance.
Rosemary and Wendy are half sisters connected by genetics, memories, and shared dramatic experiences that neither has discussed with the other. When Wendy shows up on Rosemary’s door, she is in need and Rosemary is too. And hence begins to novel ——Kelley helps us see the plight in struggling to survive and the depths of trying to make a life.
Unfortunately her sympathetic lead is also irresponsible and a bit self pitying She has choices —-and in whether she stays with Leo —- but in how she cares for Wendy. She spends a lot of timing telling us how hard everything is. And it is but, you can choose to complain or do something and unfortunately Rosemary’s doing something generally is not well thought out.
I read the novel quickly and was interested to see how it needed but I never reached the point where I cared very much what happened to Rosemary and I honestly wanted to shake her a bit an say. You escaped —twice—-what will you do now with another chance.