Review: Decent Story but Often Frustrating to Read
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2013
This book had a pretty good storyline and the characters were somewhat interesting, however it definitely needed some fine tuning.First, it was difficult to follow whose point of view you were reading since it often changed from each paragraph and sometimes even in the middle of a paragraph. Also, it wasn't just the two main characters' point of views, sometimes a smaller character's point of view would randomly appear. At one point the child's thoughts were shared and they were extremely mature for just a five-year-old which made it a bit unrealistic.The other thing that frustrated me was the fact that the heroine was childish about the situation with raising their child. He never knew about the child, but she says it was his fault that she was raising the child without him for so many years. She also is completely against the idea of him stepping up as a dad even when she was in the wrong for never telling him or letting him decide for himself what he would like to do. I understand she was upset with him when she found out she was pregnant, but it was extremely immature and disrespectful to never tell him or allow him to be a part of at least the daughter's life. Several other characters even tell her she should tell him but she refuses.I think their relationship could have been expanded upon further by including parts of their past rather than having pages about horse competitions or their work life. The explanations about their jobs was not necessary to the storyline and was somewhat boring at times. Also, it is difficult to be fully engaged with the characters and their relationship since you get such small pieces of it.Lastly, there were a lot of editing mistakes that often came up over and over again. For example, instead of 'quite' it would read 'quiet'.