Review: I wish I could have liked it more...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
Martin is a good writer, and I will keep my eye on her future work. I just feel that "Cricket" missed the mark, partly because it had the bones of a much better novel within it.The characters are interesting and I thought the dialogue, in particular, was well done. But there was little or no drama, so the whole thing kind of fell flat.***Spoilers***--I was disappointed that the relationship with Nell wasn't explored better. It should have been a key relationship to explore the family dynamic.--As lovely as the British are, I don't believe that there would have been no conflict either in the village, or on the cricket team, when the MCs came out.--The blurb kind of promises that the differences between America and Britain would be explained through the examination of the game of cricket, it isn't really.As I wrote above, I really wish I could have liked it more. I almost always like novels set in Britain; I like noting the differences in language and culture. "Cricket" missed a really good chance to do this very well.