Review: Decent
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
I have read a few of this author's books before, and generally speaking they are not bad. They are usually on the short side, so I expected that, but I did hope that given the length of the book, the author would really tell a very tight story to give this heavy subject matter justice. Unfortunately, that was not fully the case. I liked how the book started, I liked how early on the reader can see that Bobby Jack is already questioning long held beliefs about other races. I like that early on the author establishes Whit as a kind, forgiving woman. In my mind those things help me believe that this love story, with these two people, could happen. That aside, it seemed that around the middle of the book the author got bored with the story, and decided to just wrap it up. And that would have been ok if she had also given the reader a more satisfying resolution.Instead, I walked away with so many unanswered questions, that the frustration I felt over rode any satisfaction I may have felt in exploring this unlikely love story.