Review: So disappointing and unrealistic
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
Kathryn Lane is a young woman who seems to have all she ever wanted. Once she finishes college, gets a good job and marries her high school sweetheart, Ben, it will be perfect. Unexpected tragedy strikes leaving Kathryn's life shattered. Everything in her life now is far from perfect. The story is of how Kathryn deals with her life now. If living is even part of her vocabulary. The first part of this book was so strong, gripping and emotional. The author was so articulate in her descriptions of the emotions playing in all of the character. Unfortunately for me, as the story continued it got too long and drawn out, exhausting and boring. I didn't find it at all believable. The characters, all but two, were so dysfunctional and enabling each other. I got very tired of Kathryn's self pity. In the "real world", any or all of these people would have gotten some sort of grief counseling or group therapy. Instead they just wallowed more and more in the grief. This book would have been so much better if it had been cut down to half and been more realistic to life. I have never quit a book and always give the author the benefit of the doubt. I was so glad to get to the end of this one.