What makes this book so good is the interaction between the three kids, who have their own problems to be sure, and their mom. There are plenty of "wow" moments in this, especially at the end. Great writing! I loved it!!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell is one Gerard and I have completely opposite feelings about. I thought this book was very slow moving with no action and was annoyed by how it jumped from one character to another with no transition, most of the book was the characters thinking about the past and very little had to do with finding the missing father which was the big mystery of the book. I didn't really care about any of the characters who each had their secrets.
Another thing that was annoying to me was the lack of chapters--it just kept going on and on so there was never a good place to stop. It just broke sections between a change in the character narration with a row of stars. I didn't care for the writing at all--it had too much description for my taste with long rambling paragraphs. The bickering among Gretta's grown children did not hold my interest at all which is what Gerard thought was the best part. I thought the title was dumb and didn't even like the cover. The only reason I read this was because Gerard thought it was so good. Sometimes we agree on books, but not this time.
If I HAD to choose a favorite character, it would be the older sister, Monica, just because I enjoyed her storyline about trying to win over her two stepdaughters, a very small part of the book. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Sorry, Maggie.
(Karen's review)
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