A review by amyweed
Cutting Teeth by Julia Fierro
2.0
I received this book courtesy of a Goodreads First Reads giveaway. This book seemed like something I’d really enjoy. Its subject matter - life with young children, the difficulty making making ‘mommy’ friends - are all things I can relate to in my everyday life.
However, I found the characters to be one-note and they didn’t seem like real people to me. Each character was primarily defined by his/her main characteristic and their sections of the narrative revolved around that single trait. For example the character of Tenzin seemed to be solely defined by her selflessness and almost seemed like a caricature of a kind, earnest, spiritual nanny who exists to ‘save’ the messed-up mommies.
Julia Fierro’s writing was good, especially her dialogue, and the book was very readable. While I did not enjoy it, I can see how this book could have a lot of appeal for a different reader.
However, I found the characters to be one-note and they didn’t seem like real people to me. Each character was primarily defined by his/her main characteristic and their sections of the narrative revolved around that single trait. For example the character of Tenzin seemed to be solely defined by her selflessness and almost seemed like a caricature of a kind, earnest, spiritual nanny who exists to ‘save’ the messed-up mommies.
Julia Fierro’s writing was good, especially her dialogue, and the book was very readable. While I did not enjoy it, I can see how this book could have a lot of appeal for a different reader.