Review: Beautiful Landscapes & Painful Lives
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
On the surface, this is the stuff of 1980s soap operas, but as the characters are developed -- and they are all psychologically vividly developed -- it was impossible for me not to see real life counterparts in relationships that exist in normal life. This is a totally believable story and if that's missed in the reading, wait a few years. These people and situations do exist. And if you've read this story, you'll at least be able to recognize what you're up against -- or trying to forge -- with your mother, your lover, your friends. Four stars rather than five because I do like it; I'm not in love with it.