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A review by sumomcgrath
Erasing Ramona by Peggy Rothschild
3.0
I received this book for free through a Goodreads Giveaway.
I'm going to go against the general trend of reviews for this book. I did not love it. The premise was interesting, so I went into the book wanting to love it.
The issue for me was setting. This book is set in the mid '90s, with many flashbacks to the mid '80s. As a reader, if a book is set in the past, I need the time period to become a character in the story. It needs to be richly drawn, really put me in the past.
I did not feel that with this story. I kept forgetting that it was set in the past. Then I would remember, and be frustrated, wondering why the author chose to set this story in a different decade. (My suspected answer is all about The Ramones). I honestly feel that it would have been a more powerful story pulled into this decade.
I'm going to go against the general trend of reviews for this book. I did not love it. The premise was interesting, so I went into the book wanting to love it.
The issue for me was setting. This book is set in the mid '90s, with many flashbacks to the mid '80s. As a reader, if a book is set in the past, I need the time period to become a character in the story. It needs to be richly drawn, really put me in the past.
I did not feel that with this story. I kept forgetting that it was set in the past. Then I would remember, and be frustrated, wondering why the author chose to set this story in a different decade. (My suspected answer is all about The Ramones). I honestly feel that it would have been a more powerful story pulled into this decade.