A review by lynnaeaowens
The Wednesday Daughters by Meg Waite Clayton
4.0
The pros:
- I like that Ally became one of the main characters in this book (kind of...), even though she was quite secondary in the first book. I found her to be the least developed "Sister" in the first book
- the setting! I ADORE the Lake District. Reading about all the familiar sites made me so happy.
- realistic friendships
- Beatrix Potter's inclusion was very creative and was my favorite part of the novel
- grief was portrayed realistically. I liked how each character coped with very different strategies
The cons:
- point of view - no idea why they chose Hope as the narrator. I think spending time in each of the three main women's perspectives would've really helped me understand the story better. Having Hope "guess" at the motivations of the other women, somewhat omniciently, bugged me
- unrealistic romance. All of this was gag inducing. Just flat romantic relationships of convenience (hmmm there's a guy around, he must be paired with a woman!).
- slow build. It took me half the novel to feel invested. Even then, I was only mildly interested in a couple plot lines.
Pros outweighed the cons for me. The themes played out here were more complex than in The Wednesday Sisters, which may have contributed to some of the components falling flat.
4/5
- I like that Ally became one of the main characters in this book (kind of...), even though she was quite secondary in the first book. I found her to be the least developed "Sister" in the first book
- the setting! I ADORE the Lake District. Reading about all the familiar sites made me so happy.
- realistic friendships
- Beatrix Potter's inclusion was very creative and was my favorite part of the novel
- grief was portrayed realistically. I liked how each character coped with very different strategies
The cons:
- point of view - no idea why they chose Hope as the narrator. I think spending time in each of the three main women's perspectives would've really helped me understand the story better. Having Hope "guess" at the motivations of the other women, somewhat omniciently, bugged me
- unrealistic romance. All of this was gag inducing. Just flat romantic relationships of convenience (hmmm there's a guy around, he must be paired with a woman!).
- slow build. It took me half the novel to feel invested. Even then, I was only mildly interested in a couple plot lines.
Pros outweighed the cons for me. The themes played out here were more complex than in The Wednesday Sisters, which may have contributed to some of the components falling flat.
4/5