Review: Maybe a little too neat
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2012
Overall I enjoyed this book.  It was well plotted, and the main characters were well defined--their past brought in a way that serves to explain their present day lives and personalities.I am not sure how I feel about the ending.  I started to write that it disappointed me as it seemed a bit too neat.  And yet it really wasn't because the reader is left hanging, literally, on Livie's porch.  But any more of an ending would have been too much, I guess.  The whole point of the story was about the human need to make amends.  Making amends doesn't need to mean forgiveness from those we have injured, and to forgive doesn't neccessarily mean the hurt is forgotten and everyone can live happily ever after.I would recommend this book because it is well told, the writing style was engaging, and the characters were human in a way that made you care about them.