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Starting Now (2013)

by Debbie Macomber(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0345528816 (ISBN13: 9780345528810)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ballantine Books

series

Blossom Street

review 1: This is the second time I am "trying" to read this book. First time I thought maybe I dont have my mind set on this kind of lite reading, but I am not liking this book the second time around either. Characters are too predictable, and it reads like a soap opera. Both main characters have this hard shell with a soft spot....blahblahblah....as I read the story I can predict what's coming next.....I will put down this book never to pick it up again.
review 2: A classic case of promises not delivered. The plot and cover were appealing, which mistakenly led me to expect something deep and maternal. I was disappointed to realize the writing style didn’t combine with the story, and there was a lot more telling than actually showing. Even so, I gave it the benefit... more of the doubt, but when doctor stone showed up, unexpectedly, after maybe about three random encounters, not one of them romantic, and kissed Libby Morgan, I had to face the obvious. This was not, at all, what I was expecting. So you can have an idea, it was the equivalent of running into a stranger in a supermarket, swapping a few words, for the same number of times, and kissing him, just like that. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I like to think there’s more to it than that. And the story is just like that, a series of chance encounters between characters, without further development, sometimes mixed together, no clear direction. It’s like talking about oranges, and then including lemons. That’s how I see it really; sometimes it was sweet, another bitter. The writing seemed rather juvenile; the dialogues were cringe worthy, and when Libby almost went down on her knees begging for love it was like reading a bad teen drama. Hard to believe considering this is an adult novel. It’s a shame, because with these characters and plot, this could’ve been a very good book. less

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