The Bookstore on the Beach: A Novel by Brenda NovakMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
I read for so many different reasons, but lately, I am reading books that will let me escape the horror that life has become. This book sounded like it would be right up my alley ---until I actually started reading. This is NOT a light beach read. Yes, the bookshop is set near the beach-yes the characters make use of the beach and that is where the 'beach read' ends.
All of this anguish just left me depressed.
SPOILER-ISH:
Grandmother (Mary)- when a child was kidnapped and held for years being abused. She had a child by the abuser. Now the abusers' wife is out of jail and the daughter of the abuser wants to get in touch with Mary about money.
Grandmother's daughter (Autumn)- husband goes on a mission and has been missing for nearly 2 years. She is now contemplating having a sex life with an old 'friend.
Daughters'friend' Quinn - his mother is dying from cancer and is very nearly stalking Autumn (the daughter!) He was stabbed several times by his ex-wife!
Daughter (Taylor)-17 years old is now pregnant and is now questioning her sexuality.
Son (Caden)- at the 50% mark he seems to have no issues.
I just couldn't do it. I could not make myself care enough about the people in this book to keep going. Maybe someday my curiosity will kick in and will finish this book. Maybe the ending will be worth it. Maybe.
*ARC supplied by the publisher.
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All of this anguish just left me depressed.
SPOILER-ISH:
Grandmother (Mary)- when a child was kidnapped and held for years being abused. She had a child by the abuser. Now the abusers' wife is out of jail and the daughter of the abuser wants to get in touch with Mary about money.
Grandmother's daughter (Autumn)- husband goes on a mission and has been missing for nearly 2 years. She is now contemplating having a sex life with an old 'friend.
Daughters'friend' Quinn - his mother is dying from cancer and is very nearly stalking Autumn (the daughter!) He was stabbed several times by his ex-wife!
Daughter (Taylor)-17 years old is now pregnant and is now questioning her sexuality.
Son (Caden)- at the 50% mark he seems to have no issues.
I just couldn't do it. I could not make myself care enough about the people in this book to keep going. Maybe someday my curiosity will kick in and will finish this book. Maybe the ending will be worth it. Maybe.
*ARC supplied by the publisher.
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SYNOPSIS: ""A page-turner with a deep heart."—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Summer
How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven’t closed the book on the previous one?
Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac’s husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can’t imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try.
Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband’s return? She can only trust her heart…and hope it won’t lead her astray.
"A heart-tugging romance. Readers are sure to be sucked in.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review "
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