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A review by rfwads
Baby Dear by Linda Huber
2.0
I can see what the author was trying to do here... and until I got to the actual kidnapping, I was beyond frustrated and was ready to throw the book.
Jeff.... this guy was an absolute moron! I never understand why people are so adamant on having a kid that is biologically theirs, but clearly it's important to most people. I get that Jeff is upset and frustrated that he couldn't provide a biological child for his wife, but for the fact that he though that he could just put out a request for a child and someone would just hand one over, is beyond ridiculous! It just kept going on too... but I finally forgave the author when I realized what she was doing. She was basically creating the backstory of how he became crazy enough to kidnap the baby.
Caro.... o0o did she make me mad as well! The fact that she married Jeff just for a baby.... UGH! If she wanted a baby so bad, why not at least get tested to make sure you both can have kids before you marry the fool! While through the book she learned to accept that not having a child biologically was okay...but the fact that she pretty much put down any other options of a child while wanting one so badly was super annoying.
I think that was my biggest issue with this book, besides how annoying Jeff was. Was the fact that these people wants a child so bad, but only wanted it to be a biological child, just made me so freaking mad. There are so many kids in this world that need good homes and it makes me so angry that people put their nose to them because they aren't biologically theirs.
As for Julie and Sharon... I felt for them. I feel that most women go through the stage during pregnancy of ..."do I really want to do this, am I prepared to be a mother, do I want to be a mother...etc." but again, does that make her a bad mom, or a mom who wants to just give her child to a complete stranger?!? NO! The fact that she didn't get rid of the baby in the beginning should have been proof right there that she wanted to have this child. I also gave major props to Julie, she was not only a great mom, but also a great friend.
Overall, I didn't care for the book. As mentioned above, my biggest issues was of course Jeff and him and Caro wanting a biological child. While the ending made up for the first 150+ pages, it was still a painful book to get through.
Jeff.... this guy was an absolute moron! I never understand why people are so adamant on having a kid that is biologically theirs, but clearly it's important to most people. I get that Jeff is upset and frustrated that he couldn't provide a biological child for his wife, but for the fact that he though that he could just put out a request for a child and someone would just hand one over, is beyond ridiculous! It just kept going on too... but I finally forgave the author when I realized what she was doing. She was basically creating the backstory of how he became crazy enough to kidnap the baby.
Caro.... o0o did she make me mad as well! The fact that she married Jeff just for a baby.... UGH! If she wanted a baby so bad, why not at least get tested to make sure you both can have kids before you marry the fool! While through the book she learned to accept that not having a child biologically was okay...but the fact that she pretty much put down any other options of a child while wanting one so badly was super annoying.
I think that was my biggest issue with this book, besides how annoying Jeff was. Was the fact that these people wants a child so bad, but only wanted it to be a biological child, just made me so freaking mad. There are so many kids in this world that need good homes and it makes me so angry that people put their nose to them because they aren't biologically theirs.
As for Julie and Sharon... I felt for them. I feel that most women go through the stage during pregnancy of ..."do I really want to do this, am I prepared to be a mother, do I want to be a mother...etc." but again, does that make her a bad mom, or a mom who wants to just give her child to a complete stranger?!? NO! The fact that she didn't get rid of the baby in the beginning should have been proof right there that she wanted to have this child. I also gave major props to Julie, she was not only a great mom, but also a great friend.
Overall, I didn't care for the book. As mentioned above, my biggest issues was of course Jeff and him and Caro wanting a biological child. While the ending made up for the first 150+ pages, it was still a painful book to get through.