Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Similar to: Other Emily Giffin novels
If You Like: Chick Lit
Ages: 16-100
Emily Giffin novels are hit or miss for me. I have read 7 out of her 8 novels and have loved three of them, but the other 4 were awful or close to it. This one, unfortunately, was on the awful side.
Claudia and Ben always wanted the same things, which was part of the reason they fell in love and got married. Neither of them wanted to have kids, but suddenly, after three years of marriage, Ben has changed his mind. Unfortunately, Claudia has not. After one fight, the couple decides to get a divorce, and the rest of the book is about Claudia figuring out what is most important in life and what she really wants most in the world.
Let me first just say that the fight that ended Claudia and Ben's marriage was ridiculous. A couple doesn't just decide to call it quits after one argument; at least not a couple that has the strong love connection that Emily Giffin wants us to believe they had. This book was basically pointless for me. The characters took an entire book to get to the place they should have been during the first fight. This shouldn't have been a fight that went on for several months of divorce. I was at least happy that they got back together in the end, so there's that.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
If You Like: Teen romance, dystopian future
Similar to: Matched trilogy, Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent series
Ages: 13-100
This book was a great second book in the trilogy. I am ready to read the last book to find out how this all plays out.
Day and June have escaped from the Republic and are now working for The Patriots. The Patriots have an assassination plot for the new elector, Anden. The Patriots have June go undercover as part of the assassination plot that Day will carry out. but while June is undercover, she learns that Anden has a big plan for change for the Republic. All of the rules that the people disagreed with before are being changed so the public will be more like a democracy. Anden wants to stop the testing and spread of plagues. These are changes that the Patriots would want, right? So why do they want to kill a new elector who wants to make these changes? What's happening in the Colonies? Will Day go through with the assassination plot, even though June is trying to warn him that something just doesn't add up?
If You Like: Teen romance, dystopian future
Similar to: Matched trilogy, Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent series
Ages: 13-100
This book was a great second book in the trilogy. I am ready to read the last book to find out how this all plays out.
Day and June have escaped from the Republic and are now working for The Patriots. The Patriots have an assassination plot for the new elector, Anden. The Patriots have June go undercover as part of the assassination plot that Day will carry out. but while June is undercover, she learns that Anden has a big plan for change for the Republic. All of the rules that the people disagreed with before are being changed so the public will be more like a democracy. Anden wants to stop the testing and spread of plagues. These are changes that the Patriots would want, right? So why do they want to kill a new elector who wants to make these changes? What's happening in the Colonies? Will Day go through with the assassination plot, even though June is trying to warn him that something just doesn't add up?
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