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ryceejo's review
3.0
I typically don't mind endings that aren't perfectly tied together, but this uncertain finish left me feeling empty and hopeless. I have connected with Paige the least of the Newport Ladies so far. I guess I had expected to relate to her MOST since she was the Mormon one, but I could rarely understand her thought process or responses to certain situations. Maybe the sequels will fill in the holes.
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One other thing that I was bothered by with the book was Paige's throwing away her relationship with Derryl. I didn't get the whole "I'm martyring my happiness for that of my sons" and her reasons. Instead of giving Derryl a chance to learn about the LDS church and her beliefs and letting him become more of a part of her life, she was standoffish and didn't offer him that chance and just pushed him away. While I understood the reasoning of "making sure I'm raising my boys to be good men and not just letting any Joe Blow into their lives," she'd found a good guy and just didn't give him enough of a chance, and that really bothered me. If the author felt Derryl wasn't going to accept the church to stay a part of Paige's life, she didn't build enough of a believable case to support it.
I saw this review and loved the way it's worded:
One other thing that I was bothered by with the book was Paige's throwing away her relationship with Derryl. I didn't get the whole "I'm martyring my happiness for that of my sons" and her reasons. Instead of giving Derryl a chance to learn about the LDS church and her beliefs and letting him become more of a part of her life, she was standoffish and didn't offer him that chance and just pushed him away. While I understood the reasoning of "making sure I'm raising my boys to be good men and not just letting any Joe Blow into their lives," she'd found a good guy and just didn't give him enough of a chance, and that really bothered me. If the author felt Derryl wasn't going to accept the church to stay a part of Paige's life, she didn't build enough of a believable case to support it.
chanizzle's review
3.0
Same Review for Daisy:
Okay so the first book I read in this series was Olivia. I enjoyed that one and thought the idea for this series was really great. Well now here I've gone and read Daisy and Paige one right after the other and let me say that was a bad idea. I read Daisy, and I enjoyed it for the most part. I didn't feel a big connection to her character but it was good. And because I had read Olivia so long ago it was nice to have the book club meetings and other events in the book (this time from Daisy's perspective) come up to help remind me what happened with Olivia.
But then... I read Paige right after I finished Daisy... and I read the exact same events - again. The exact same conversations - again. So when I first heard about this idea I thought it would be cool to read about the same time period but told from 4 different women's perspectives. I still think it's a good idea but it would have been better without having to read the same book discussions over and over. I ended up skimming through Paige because it was too boring reading it again.
The funny thing is I am still going to read Athena because to be honest, she doesn't really appear very much in these 2, I don't remember about Olivia. So there can't be too much repetition right?
I think it might have been better to just make these 4 books into 1 book (since it's all the same time period anyways) and then still have the different authors write the different characters - maybe just give them individual chapters for the important stuff in their lives but the book club meetings we would only have to read once.
Okay so the first book I read in this series was Olivia. I enjoyed that one and thought the idea for this series was really great. Well now here I've gone and read Daisy and Paige one right after the other and let me say that was a bad idea. I read Daisy, and I enjoyed it for the most part. I didn't feel a big connection to her character but it was good. And because I had read Olivia so long ago it was nice to have the book club meetings and other events in the book (this time from Daisy's perspective) come up to help remind me what happened with Olivia.
But then... I read Paige right after I finished Daisy... and I read the exact same events - again. The exact same conversations - again. So when I first heard about this idea I thought it would be cool to read about the same time period but told from 4 different women's perspectives. I still think it's a good idea but it would have been better without having to read the same book discussions over and over. I ended up skimming through Paige because it was too boring reading it again.
The funny thing is I am still going to read Athena because to be honest, she doesn't really appear very much in these 2, I don't remember about Olivia. So there can't be too much repetition right?
I think it might have been better to just make these 4 books into 1 book (since it's all the same time period anyways) and then still have the different authors write the different characters - maybe just give them individual chapters for the important stuff in their lives but the book club meetings we would only have to read once.
bethgiven's review
2.0
Would I have liked this book better if I hadn't already read [b:Athena|15846190|Athena (The Newport Ladies Book Club)|Heather B. Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1345815513s/15846190.jpg|21590182], [b:Olivia|13454134|Olivia (The Newport Ladies Book Club)|Julie Wright|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328470306s/13454134.jpg|18981098], and [b:Daisy|13584902|Daisy (The Newport Ladies Book Club)|Josi S. Kilpack|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1334201335s/13584902.jpg|19172054]?? Paige appears in all three of those other books fairly prominently, and I felt like almost all of this book was just rehashing what was happening to the other three characters (whose stories I already knew). Remember how you'd always skip chapter two of The Babysitters Club books, because it was all just recanned backstory of how Kristy started the BSC? I was totally skimming a good portion of this book.
If I continue on with this series, I think I'll wait between books and not read them back to back. Spacing them out would not be a problem!
If I continue on with this series, I think I'll wait between books and not read them back to back. Spacing them out would not be a problem!
k_lee_reads_it's review
4.0
This is the first book I have read in This series. I plan to read them all, this just happened to be the one that came from the library and that I picked up first.
I most enjoyed the theme of women coming together with a shared interest and going beyond the surface to truly serve each other. I saw the same theme in A Single Thread.
I most enjoyed the theme of women coming together with a shared interest and going beyond the surface to truly serve each other. I saw the same theme in A Single Thread.
ghumpherys's review
4.0
4.5 stars. This is such a unique series -- reading basically the same time period from four different character's point of view. I enjoyed this story about Paige, the only LDS member of the book group.
nicolepeck's review
4.0
Another great addition to the series. I really enjoyed the book being told from Paige's point of view and her personality. However, I was slightly bothered that it assumed a lot about the reader knowing about the LDS church. While the books are published by a company aimed for that market, with the first 2 books in the series being told from gals of other religious backgrounds, I thought, did a better job of sharing their religious beliefs so that the books are accessible for people of other faiths, this one didn't explain a lot of things for those readers who have read the first 2 books and are not LDS. That said, I like the concept of this series and how they can be read in any order because all 4 books cover the same time frame. I read a review on here where the reader gave the book a low rating because she said she'd "read this story already twice before." I disagree. The only scenes that are really the same are the about 4 book club meetings and any scenes where a few of the characters overlapped (lots of the scenes with Daisy in this book and 1 or 2 with Olivia), but it's entirely Paige's perspective, so even those scenes have a slightly fresh feel. Thi book is mainly about Paige dealing with her new single motherhood and her ex-husband's betrayal. One other thing that I was bothered by with the book was Paige's throwing away her relationship with Derryl. I didn't get the whole "I'm martyring my happiness for that of my sons" and her reasons. Instead of giving Derryl a chance to learn about the LDS church and her beliefs and letting him become more of a part of her life, she was standoffish and didn't offer him that chance and just pushed him away. While I understood the reasoning of "making sure I'm raising my boys to be good men and not just letting any Joe Blow into their lives," she'd found a good guy and just didn't give him enough of a chance, and that really bothered me. If the author felt Derryl wasn't going to accept the church to stay a part of Paige's life, she didn't build enough of a believable case to support it. Yes, I did have a few issues with parts of the book, but overall it was still well written and enjoyable and a clean read.
Content: Very clean.
Content: Very clean.
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