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A review by roosmarleen
The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard
3.0
This is a book I can legitimitely say I would never ever have picked up to read if my mum had not gifted it to me. Recommending books to her is something I love to do and she'd given me some recommendations of her own. But never before did she actually BUY me the book in question, though. This made me read the Breakdown Lane before anything else I want to read this summer.
I am very glad I read this novel, since I identified with so many of its main characters (Julie, Gabe & Caroline) - for personal reasons. Even though my family is not Julie's, there are recognisable similarities within the struggles of each family member. Let's just say some revelations in their development taught me a lot or at least confirmed a lot.
Negative sidenote: I did think it had a rather naïve and romanticised ending, which made me disappointed and pathetically hopeful in equal measure.
I am very glad I read this novel, since I identified with so many of its main characters (Julie, Gabe & Caroline) - for personal reasons. Even though my family is not Julie's, there are recognisable similarities within the struggles of each family member. Let's just say some revelations in their development taught me a lot or at least confirmed a lot.
Negative sidenote: I did think it had a rather naïve and romanticised ending, which made me disappointed and pathetically hopeful in equal measure.