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penny68's review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
breecreative's review
3.0
This was a good book...lots of twists and turns in it. It was interesting to see the characters develop from their childhoods, and they did have some pretty bad lives. If that helped with their poor decision making skills later on in the book, I don't know. It was an entertaining book, but I didn't find myself especially drawn to any of the characters, or the story that believable. Yes, I believe many of the things IN the story could have happened, but issues that run as deep as what they were dealing with wouldn't be so easily solved or moved past.
caileenay's review
5.0
I usually never read books like this. I prefer fantasy books, and even though this book had no fantasy... I loved it. It is in my top five best books ever. One of the reasons is that you get to see the charcter grow and change from a shy country girl who can stand up for herself to a brave young woman who believes in what she is standing up for. Red was a great book that touched the heart. I wanted to cry from pity, anger, pain, and happiness with this novel.
A must read book for all women.
P.S Team Carlo <3
A must read book for all women.
P.S Team Carlo <3
fleurette's review
4.0
This book really surprised me. I was expecting something like category romance. Easy, uncomplicated, sweet romance and what I got was so much more. It was more like Nora Roberts kind of thing but even more serious and darker. I'm not sure it is even contemporary romance, it's more like just contemporary fiction or women's fiction.
This is a story of Becky Lynn Lee struggle to find out who she really is and to find a strength in herself. The story begins when she is just a teenager from a bad side of the small town in Mississippi. After some tragic events in her life, she lefts home and goes to Los Angeles hoping for a life she saw in magazines. There she meets Jack, an ambitious photographer, who has his own dreams and battles to fight.
I liked this story even though I didn't expected to be so dark and serious. There is a chance that if I knew that, I wouldn't read this book because I don't usually read books like that, they make me sad. And there is a lot of drama in this one. I think I wish it was a bit less complicated and lighter but it's only because that's how I like my stories.I wish Carl doesn't commit suicide or Jack saves him. That is a really disturbing part. Also I wish Becky and Jack talk to each other earlier. It's kind of sad she marries Carl for the reasons she does it. Oh, and I just realise that there no classic happy ending in this story. Yeah, definitely disturbing.
Even though this book is a bit out of my comfort zone, I'm giving it 3.5 star.
This is a story of Becky Lynn Lee struggle to find out who she really is and to find a strength in herself. The story begins when she is just a teenager from a bad side of the small town in Mississippi. After some tragic events in her life, she lefts home and goes to Los Angeles hoping for a life she saw in magazines. There she meets Jack, an ambitious photographer, who has his own dreams and battles to fight.
I liked this story even though I didn't expected to be so dark and serious. There is a chance that if I knew that, I wouldn't read this book because I don't usually read books like that, they make me sad. And there is a lot of drama in this one. I think I wish it was a bit less complicated and lighter but it's only because that's how I like my stories.
Even though this book is a bit out of my comfort zone, I'm giving it 3.5 star.
wendysimon's review
4.0
I have had this book for a while and finally read it and am so glad I did. The characters were real, warts and all, but very strong. I had trouble putting this book down!
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