Review: I think it's great different people can come up with such wildly opposing views about a book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
For myself, I really like the plot of the book. I thought it was great and could not put it down. Are Joe and. Violet my favorite characters? No. Did I learn anything about life in general or about myself as a result of reading the book? YESViolets character drove me crazy for several reasons. She obviously was strong enough to cope with her husbands death and managed to keep it together for her two daughters.  She took action on her own to get out of Chicago and away from a man who had a very unhealthy interest in her. But the minute she meets Joe she becomes as spineless as an amoeba. But I think this is what makes the book work. We do not and should not want books with perfect characters in them!!!! I read for a multitude of reasons, enough to fill a book of 300 pages or more if I had to list them all,,,,,We can read the same book and come away with totally different opinions and take with us totally different viewpoints on what we learned about life or ourselves.In the end I did of like what Vi did to Mike, but I understood her reasons. And I had to admire her guts and determination  AND strength to not give up on Joe.And though I realize that KA is self published it IS beginning to drive me crazy with the incorrect use of passed when it should be past and other slip-ups of grammar and spelling  LOVE YA KA but if you need a Beta reader, call me, please!