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Cupcake Club (2012)

by Roisin Meaney(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

885413967X (ISBN13: 9788854139671)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Newton Compton (Anagramma)

review 1: A mish-mash of complaints in no particular order: I wasn't able to connect to any of the characters, and found myself annoyed by at least half of them at some point or another. Even if I wasn't annoyed with certain people, I didn't understand why I was supposed to like them- Why should I like Vivienne if she's odd (not beautiful) and so shy she can't really speak? Am I supposed to feel sorry that Leah's mother isn't the most warm?I wish there was more about the cupcakes, instead of everything else. There were so many people that I had trouble keeping everyone straight. And then what happens with Hannah's life in the end is predictable, but totally weird.
review 2: Semi-Sweet is a charming story about characters in the Irish town of Clongarvin. Hannah Robinson,... more who recently opened up a cupcake shop, shares a flat with her best friend Adam. As best friends, both of them aspire to find happiness in love relationships, and as the novel unfolds, they are both led toward self-discovery and new beginnings. As I read this story, I was slightly annoyed by the author’s constant juxtaposing between characters from chapter to chapter, and I felt that this literary technique detracted from my interest in the story. Since the chapters were often short snippets or scenarios, this determined juxtaposition made for what I considered overkill. The author, Roisin Meaney, has a descriptive style that I appreciated, but on occasion, I felt that the story line progressed a little too slowly. The tempo of the story certainly picked up, however, during the sexual encounter between Nora and Patrick in his office. In this scene, as well as in other segments of the book, the author uses dialogue encoded in italics to designate what a character is thinking or saying. This technique effectively drew me further into the story.Overall, I felt that this novel was an enjoyable read, not compelling or of high interest, but rather a pleasant novel that reminded me of the small-town setting in Jan Karon’s Mitford series of books. less

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