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Slow Dancing On Price's Pier: A Novel (2011)

by Lisa Dale(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425239950 (ISBN13: 9780425239957)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

review 1: More like 3 1/2 stars. I liked it. Not only did I learn about coffee but I got a wonderful story to go with it. The story follows Thea, Jonathan, & Garrett as the weave through broken friendships, broken hearts, a civil divorce, a hurt child caught in the middle and finally coming to terms with the past. In many ways, I feel I am bit biased as I am a total sucker for relationship stories, especially second chances and first loves and this was exactly that. While the writing wasn't spectacular, there was an easiness about it. The author expertly was able to evoke feelings and transport you to a scene as easily as she could take you out of it. Many times, I would come out of reading a passage feeling quite surprised at how easily I was pulled into the turmoil. I also enjoyed... more the parallel past/present storyline. A bit hard to follow at first, but once you get the author's pattern down, it's easy enough and pretty enjoyable, not as jarring as other authors who try to do the same thing. The only three parts I didn't like were the author's use(crutch) of constantly describing the scene outside of the story. Where a character is having a hard time, so the author makes them wake towards the beach and then describe the beach or their surroundings. Where the character is thinking, so she fades the character out and describes the horizon behind her before fading back into the character and so forth. This wouldn't normally bother me, but it happened so many times, it felt like a crutch that only added to the formulaic writing style of the author. Secondly, the author's need to vocalize conclusions that the reader already reached on their own three pages before. Part of this was a bit confusing because it seemed like the characters had a delayed response in coming to terms with their feelings when they shouldn't have (I don't know - hard to describe, but I'll forgive the author for this one). And lastly, the ending. I thought it was a bit contrived on top of being too short. Garrett & Thea finally get a happy ending but it's summed up in a page which mostly involved wrapping up loose ends of the book. Overall, I enjoyed it. Fun, easy read.
review 2: I only purchased this book because of a sale at the book store, and had never heard of Lisa Dale. I will say I was pleasantly surprised. I started this book on a Friday evening only reading a few chapters but on Sunday morning I was curled up on the couch on a cool rainy day and finished it off. It was a touching story that proves some people choose a path out of convinence rather than following their heart. Just because your love is tested you shouldn't be so quick to give up, real love is worth fighting for. The friends and family in your life that truly love you will eventually come around even if you seem to be making decisions, in their eyes, they may not agree with. Once they realize you are truly happy they will be happy for you and if they don't come around maybe it's not worth having them in your life. less

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