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A review by winemakerssister
Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
2.0
2.5 stars
This reads exactly as if it were written to be a show on the Hallmark channel. There's a cast of characters who live in Virgin River and each volume focuses on a couple, in this case Mike and Brie.
The world of the series is black and white. The good people are earnest, strong, beautiful, and smart. The men are big and the women are small. Aspects of the characters are a throw-back to another era: there are 'women's' jobs and 'men's' jobs and the women say things like 'my man' and vice versa.
It's just all too pretty and perfect for me. And yes there are bad guys and some bad things happen. But sadly, the plot is always completely predictable. I guess it would be a fine read if I didn't want to think at all, but then I get growly about the old-fashioned gender roles and it keeps me from enjoying it as simply fluff.
Cover: Pretty, relatively nondescript.
Narrator: She adapts her style well to the style of the book.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: They are both Gryffindors (although I think Mike has some Hufflepuff tendencies)
Themes: small town, outdoors, northern California, rape, drugs
This reads exactly as if it were written to be a show on the Hallmark channel. There's a cast of characters who live in Virgin River and each volume focuses on a couple, in this case Mike and Brie.
The world of the series is black and white. The good people are earnest, strong, beautiful, and smart. The men are big and the women are small. Aspects of the characters are a throw-back to another era: there are 'women's' jobs and 'men's' jobs and the women say things like 'my man' and vice versa.
It's just all too pretty and perfect for me. And yes there are bad guys and some bad things happen. But sadly, the plot is always completely predictable. I guess it would be a fine read if I didn't want to think at all, but then I get growly about the old-fashioned gender roles and it keeps me from enjoying it as simply fluff.
Cover: Pretty, relatively nondescript.
Narrator: She adapts her style well to the style of the book.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: They are both Gryffindors (although I think Mike has some Hufflepuff tendencies)
Themes: small town, outdoors, northern California, rape, drugs