Review: A Matter of Time Lite . . . Disappointing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2013
I generally enjoy and LOVE Mary Calmes' books.  I buy them and re-read them over and over again.  Not this one.  There is no true life in either character.  You don't really get to know them as individuals or as a couple.  They remind me a lot of the characters in the Matter of Time series, except all the emotion is missing. Some of the language is the same as if copied.  There is also a similarity in that one of the characters is desired by everyone.I got no sense of who these characters are, why they are together (except for sex), or why they should be together.  The both seem foolish . . . a divorce without talking or attempting to communicate.  They both seem quite immature and yet both are in their 40s.  Sivan is amazingly shallow and simple minded for a 41 year old and Walter is like a 1950s version of husband/father.  Both are just inexplicable.  Since I don't get the characters or why they do what they do, I don't really care for them.  I don't really know what their problem was.  I am sure they solved it, though I don't know how or how.  Eh!When I compare this book to Mine or Frog or Matter of Time, it is grossly lacking.  There is no "feel" to it.  I felt nothing for these characters and now that I've finished the book, I find it hard to even remember anything about them or what their problem was.  Mostly, I was bored.Overall, disappointing.  I was so looking forward to another excellent Mary Calmes' book.  This one was not satisfying.