Review: Slow start, but it gets better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2012
The first two-fifths of the book is filled with Ben's self-absorbion as he begins to grieve and make decisions about his dying father. The author stays with this too long, and it becomes a repetitive pity-party. I got the picture, so I didn't need to be dragged through the whole process at such a crawl. When Ben begins to notice Kathryn, his Hospice social worker, the story begins to get better, but there's still too much of the "woe is me." By the end of the book, we've seen Ben change from a self-absorbed playboy to a caring, considerate man.This is certainly a character driven, rather than plot driven, novel. The ending was good enough I couldn't just give it three stars. It could have been a five without the drawn-out grief parts. I appreciate the fact it didn't have explicit sex scenes or profanity. It was certainly worth the read.