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Family Affair (2011)

by Debbie Macomber(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061997129 (ISBN13: 9780061997129)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: I got pretty annoyed with this book almost immediately, but stuck with it because it was so short, so what did I have to lose except for one day of reading? Although acknowledging that this book was initially written in 1994, it doesn't change the biggest issue for me - in that Dog and Cleo were unaltered. Yes, without them there wouldn't have been kittens, but I see no reason why they couldn't have just genuinely liked each other to the point where they had to spend time together. The story could have ended up the same with some changes to avoid the whole issue of pet reproduction. And the talk about intentionally breeding Cleo put it over the edge for me. Whether it's 2013 or 1994, that's just bad pet ownership and that attitude is what got the world into this pet o... moreverpopulation problem that we're in right now. Yes, I know it's just a story, but the sad thing is that there are still way too many people out there who don't spay or neuter their pets and intentionally breed them. I take issues with all those people and although this was a book with semi-good characters and a fast read, I could not wrap my head around the fact that Cleo never got altered and even at the end Lacey was thinking about breeding her. At least Jack did the stand up thing and had Dog neutered.
review 2: This book is extremely small.. only like 120 pages, if that. I don't usually read anything by this author or really even this genre but it was super cheap so I grabbed it. This book is about a man and woman who have been neighbours for a little while. One day, the woman's cat becomes pregnant with the man's cat and every so often the man would come over to see her, and wait for the kittens. Sounds kinda weird, I know.. Through the process of visiting the female cat, the two fall in love. There are some really humorous parts in the story, and I flew through it. I gave it a 2.5 out of 5 stars because the storyline was good, but the book was so short I felt like everything was going so fast. I also thought that it was written in a middle-grade style. I personally think this author may be really good (I haven't read any others by her though) but depth is required in books in order for them to be great, and this book did not have that. less

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