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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
From the first few chapters, I was convinced this was going to be yet another "chick-lit" book and I almost put it down. However, I'm glad I stuck with it. The narrator is smart and witty, and Santos has many poignant lines that actually spoke to exactly how I feel sometimes--and has her characters experience and name things that happen to them that happen to all of us, yet we don't either take the time or know how to name them. This was another stay-up-til-2-a.m. to read book. I didn't know this was a sequel to her first book (I just found this out now, after finishing)--so now I'm going to go back and find that one.
The book took a few chapters to 'get its steam up,' as my son would say - but after that, moved right along. Good weekend book.
Oh man oh man, I was so excited to read this because I gave Love Walked in five stars and it gave me all of the warm and fuzzy feelings I could stand. In this sequel, Cornelia and Teo move to a nondescript rich suburb because Teo gets a job as a pediatric oncologist in Philadelphia. And Cornelia … just hangs around. She talks of a grad degree, but she spends most of the book not doing much except being tiny. And then all of the secondary characters show up. So many characters. The snooty neighborhood wives lead by Piper and Elizabeth. And their husbands and kids. Mysterious single mom Lake and her son, Dev. And Dev’s friends from school. And Lake’s new boyfriend. And his daughter. And Clare from the first book. And Cornelia’s brother and his girlfriend.
Like the first book, the theme is family, biological and chosen. Where do you belong? Who belongs to you? Where this book pissed me off is that it stopped addressing the real, adult problems and turned into a KIDS FIX EVERYTHING book. You want a kid? You get a kid! Here’s a kid you didn’t know you had! Have kids? Here are MORE kids! Trying to resolve an awkward plot point? Fill it with kids!
At the beginning of the book, mean mom Piper insinuates that you’re not a real family unless you have children. I expected the book to prove her wrong, but it kind of proved her right.
Like the first book, the theme is family, biological and chosen. Where do you belong? Who belongs to you? Where this book pissed me off is that it stopped addressing the real, adult problems and turned into a KIDS FIX EVERYTHING book. You want a kid? You get a kid! Here’s a kid you didn’t know you had! Have kids? Here are MORE kids! Trying to resolve an awkward plot point? Fill it with kids!
At the beginning of the book, mean mom Piper insinuates that you’re not a real family unless you have children. I expected the book to prove her wrong, but it kind of proved her right.
This book is well written and beautiful. This is my second time reading this book and series. I can't wait to read the newest book in the series.
I enjoyed this book even more than her first book, Love Walked In. This book was comfortable and full of love, warmth, and acceptance. I felt like I knew all the characters in the book. I want to move into thier neighborhood!
This is one of those books I wish I could just stop reading, because I was pretty sure about 1/2 through I wasn't going to enjoy it.
I guess it's better than nothing to listen to on the way to work, but all in all I didn't enjoy it.
I guess it's better than nothing to listen to on the way to work, but all in all I didn't enjoy it.
An enjoyable read. One small criticism: in a conversation, a story of an incident in Toby's childhood when he ate insects is recollected. Dev (the teenage verging-on-genius character), says "worms?" ....which of course he wouldn't guess because 1. a worm is not an insect and 2. his character is extremely intelligent, particularly in the sciences.
Not as good as [b:Love Walked In|115076|Love Walked In|Marisa de los Santos|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171698450s/115076.jpg|3000860], but I couldn't say no to more about Cornelia and Teo.