More meh.

[jmc_bks]

I read Sherry Thomas's debut, Private Arrangements, over the weekend.  The language  was quite beautiful, I thought, but the book was full of characters and plot that did not engage me.  I kept reading, waiting for something original from either the plot or the characters, something that would wow me the way the book has wowwed so many other readers.  It never arrived.  PA reminded me of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in that way.

A for the writing/style, D for everything else.   What does that average out to?  B-?  C+?

Unrelated:  there's a home game today at 3:30pm.  I'm thinking about going, depending on the weather.  It isn't officially spring for me until I've gone to a baseball game.

Comments

Your response doesn't bode well for me

[(Anonymous)]

I hope to read it soon. Thanks for giving me a heads up to tone down my expectations.

Keishon

Re: Your response doesn't bode well for me

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Don't let me put you off. I've been feeling very judg-y about my reading lately, in terms of the behavior of the h/h. Theft? Not interested. Immature, petty stuff? Not interested.

I felt like the h/h of Private Arrangements both needed a serious dose of maturity. I liked the secondary characters slightly more. I didn't care if the h/h got their HEA, or even really believe in it when it arrived, because I didn't feel like they'd grown or changed in any significant way. But a lot of other readers did, so I may be in the minority.