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Three Days On Mimosa Lane By Anna DeStefano (2013)

by Anna DeStefano(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

montlake romance

series

Seasons of the Heart

review 1: I would have trouble suggesting this as a stand alone book—it would have been better if I had read the first book. As it is, I had problems emotionally connecting to the main characters, Samantha and Brian, a married couple with two boys who live on Mimosa Lane in Chandlerville. The mother Sam was a teacher close to ground Zero during 9-11, and for 12 years she has struggled to get her life back to normal. The dad Brian has done everything he can to keep her and the family together; thinking that in time it will be okay. Then a shooting at their sons’ school sends them and the whole community spiraling out of control: exposing cracks in their perfect-from-the-outside lives. This should be a great page turning story, but I felt something was missing. There are rough tra... morensitions around the dialog, not enough dimensions in the characters, and very little lightness to offset the darkness, and also over analyzing of the characters feelings. There is also an inconsistency in how Sam reacts to situations which maybe the author’s intent to show the depth of her suffering, but to me it came off jarring; stopping the flow of the story. As a reader I needed time to discover what the people were feeling and to not be told the “why” of what they were feeling. Still the last few chapters make the story come alive. 3 stars.
review 2: Worst book ever!! I had to force myself to finish this one. I hated the character of Sam so much I wanted to go to Mimosa Lane just to smack her!! She was whiny and pathetic and I did not feel sorry for her in the least. She was very weak and treated everyone terrible. Her husband spent years trying to help her and because if the tragedy at the school, she left him and turned her back on her children when they needed her. Her friend let her stay there and what happened?? She treated her friend awful. I heated this book, it was totally boring and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. less

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