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Ladies Of The Lake (2009)

by Haywood Smith(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

031231695X (ISBN13: 9780312316952)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: This book was a pure delight! Other reviewers complain about the silliness of the plot and how unrealistic it is, but that's what I love about it. 4 grown sisters who have to spend an entire summer together in the family estate in order to earn their inheritance. Of course hilarity will ensue! I found this book to be a delightful escape from my own crazy life, & I could imagine my own sister & I in some of these situations.
review 2: AFTER GIVING UP ON "The Last Time I Saw You," I DECIDED I SHOULD START THIS ONE AND EITHER FINISH IT. ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE BOOK I FOUND THE CHARACTERS INTERESTING AND THE SITUATION - THAT THESE 4 SISTERS HAVE TO STAY FOR 90 CONSECUTIVE DAYS TOGETHER AT THEIR GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE TO INHERIT THE ESTATE - INTERESTING IN ITS... moreELF AND MADE MORE SO BECAUSE OF THE SETTING (SEMI-RURAL GEORGIA), AND THE PEOPLE. HOWEVER, THE BOOK WAS VERY UNEVEN - SOME OF THE SITUATIONS WERE EXTREMELY CONTRIVED AND STUPID. THE PARTS ABOUT THE SISTERS WERE VERY INTERESTING, AND EVEN THE ROMANCE THAT BLOOMED BETWEEN THE NARRATOR - DAHLIA - AND THE LOCAL “CLETE” COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. EXCEPT THE AUTHOR MADE CLETE TOO PERFECT AND WAY TOO CAPABLE. IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH, MAKING HER LEAVING HIM EVEN MORE STUPID. AND OF COURSE SHE GETS WITH HIM IN THE END, AND THEY “HILARIOUSLY” EXPLAIN THE DEAD BODIES ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE BOOK. THE “INSPIRATIONAL” GENRE PART WAS HANDLED WELL AND FELT RIGHT FOR THE STORY. THE PARTS THAT WERE GOOD WERE GOOD, AND I DID MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END. BUT THE PARTS THAT WERE NOT GOOD MADE THE READ TRYING MANY TIMES. APPARENTLY HAYWOOD SMITH IS ACTUALLY A WOMAN (WHICH EXPLAINS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SISTERLY RELATIONSHIPS), AND ALSO WROTE “The Red Hat Club. less

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