Review: Refreshing and light read with lots of joyful and emotional moments
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
Talli Roland did it again! After "Build A Man" and "Miracle at the Museum of Broken Hearts", I enjoyed them both very much, this is my third Talli Roland book and I totally fell in love with it. She writes really refreshing and makes serious subjects so not-serious. That's why I love her writing. Having or not-having children is a very serious decision to make, you are never quite ready, but when you are on the boat, there is no getting down.Clare never considered having kids. At almost forty, she finds offended when people ask when is she going to settle. For God's sake! There has to be something else to talk about with people your age except children. So, Clare starts a club for people like her, the no-kids club. A club for men and women with a child-free life, where you can talk about anything else, do what ever you want, because you are child-free. Facebook ad is created and gathered two more women, Anna and Poppy. Anna and her husband Michael also don't want kids, and Poppy and her husband are desperately trying IVF without success. All three women have one thing in common, they all want a place where they can relax without being reminded every ten seconds of what they are missing. But the things do not come out as they planned.Clare has chosen not to have kids. Maybe the reason lays in her own family, because her mother left her to chase her own dreams. Clare is really disappointed not being her mother's dream. She thinks that she knows what she wants, but as the story follows, she finds out that she wants those things from wrong reasons. You are never ready for what life prepares for you, so Clare finds herself in a whirlpool of certain events that will show her that life is beautiful, even if it doesn't turn out as you planned.Anna and her husband have chosen not to have kids, but their marriage starts to look like a routine. Anna thinks that Michael is not trying enough, and he thinks that she doesn't love him any more. The No-Kids Club is a chance for Anna to spend little bit more time with her husband and bring back the sparkles in their marriage.After several IVFs, Poppy and Alistair's life is not the same. They both desperately want children, but in vitro fertilization is exhausting and expensive. Poppy always wants "one more try", but Alistair loves her very much and is worried about her health. So when the subject of adopting a child comes out as an option, they start to argue.Overall, The No-Kids Club is a refreshing and light read with lots of joyful and emotional moments. I loved the characters, was proud of some of their decisions, loved the plot and was very happy how the things turned out. I loved it, enjoyed it and would recommend it.My actual rating: 4.5 / 5.