Review: Reads as a group of short stories
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
The Happy Endings Book Club was written almost as a group of short stories. You get little snippets of the lives of those in the book club all around Christmas. That being said, this story didn't have a particular strong sense of Christmas to me as a whole. I enjoyed some of the stories, but others not so much. I thought there were several good quotes scattered throughout, and that helped with the overall enjoyment. Some of the characters stuck with me, while I felt other characters were hard to remember. The characters I enjoyed, I really hoped to read more about than I got, while the ones I couldn't relate to, I was glad I only had the short snippet. I also found it interesting that some of the short stories had a fantasy twist. It seemed a little awkward to me with the whole story not coming off as fantasy.I think I really would love to read Michi's story as a full-length novel, or even a novella. I wasn't into her parents life-style, but her story intrigued me.While I didn't enjoy the whole book, I would definitely read more from Jane Tara. I liked her writing style, and the stories I didn't care for were just merely personal preference.*I received a copy via NetGalley and Momentum Books in exchange for an honest review.*