Too much inconsequential dialogue at the beginning, probably to show how the 2 main characters fell in love, which I found plain tedious, and didn't help me make a connection about their feelings . I thought Douglas Kennedy's '5 days' much more emotionally shocking, without all the hoo-ha of how how they felt about one another. Another reviewer said they found Sarah to be bland, but I thought she was melodramatic, (all those italics) to a point where she became annoying.
Eddie's mother was a nightmare. What was that medical condition she had; 'overwhelm'? I've never actually heard of it, but it certainly kept everyone at her beck and call, treating her like a spoilt, cosseted child, instead of the nasty, bitter woman she really was.
It was quite a good read and the characters were realistic and well developed and writing was descriptive, if a bit flowery, but not a book I would rush to read at every opportunity.
Eddie's mother was a nightmare. What was that medical condition she had; 'overwhelm'? I've never actually heard of it, but it certainly kept everyone at her beck and call, treating her like a spoilt, cosseted child, instead of the nasty, bitter woman she really was.
It was quite a good read and the characters were realistic and well developed and writing was descriptive, if a bit flowery, but not a book I would rush to read at every opportunity.