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You Are The Love Of My Life (2012)

by Susan Richards Shreve(Favorite Author)

3.1 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0393082806 (ISBN13: 9780393082807)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I found this book on a library shelf while looking for something by Anita Shreve. The premise sounded interesting. I found the idea of people keeping secrets to be intriguing all the way to the end, however, the rest of the book just never measured up. Some of the characters remained too undeveloped, while a couple of others were just difficult to connect with. My biggest complaint, however, is that so much of the book is just too convoluted. Effort was made to connect the plot to the White House events of presidents Truman and Nixon, but to no great result. Paragraphs seemed haphazardly arranged and I spent too much time rereading to see if the time and place had unexpectedly changed. Lastly, grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary might be what the author intended, ... morebut I found irritation at every turn. I found myself restructuring sentences for clarity and adding missing prepositions throughout the book. There probably is the thread of a good idea here, but it has not lived up to its promise for me.
review 2: Happened upon this book while working, looked interesting. Just what affect does keeping secrets have on a woman's relationship with her children, her ability to make friends, to experience intimacy? Indeed, on her ability to enjoy life? Lucy Painter's life is all about hiding the truth and in the novel a series of events occur that force her to face reality and come clean. Very interesting plot, but the writing was truly maddening. At times I felt as though I needed to diagram the sentences, they were so convoluted and disjointed. And some of the characters! Good grief, if I ever moved into an area where the neighbors felt entitled to just walk into my kitchen, unbidden, at all hours of the day and night, I'd move out fast! And how a mother could sit by so calmly and watch while another woman basically attempts to steal her child, is beyond me. Weird book. less

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