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A review by rereader33
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
2.0
Reading Reindeer December Challenge
Prompt: Dancer--a book by a favorite author
I would say that I'm disappointed by this book, but the truth is I'm not. While I do love Fannie Flagg, I also don't read her as frequently because her characters can be VERY hit or miss for me. And obviously, this novel's characters and frankly the whole story were a miss for me.
The biggest issue I have is that this book DID NOT age well. It was written in 2004 and some of the things characters said or did just don't gel with today. Frances's theory that her sister Mildred's constantly changing hair color and decision to wear pant suits before they became acceptable possibly being the reason why her fiance ditched her rubbed me the wrong way, as well as there being a token "redneck" family that just so happens to have terribly behaved children and neglectful parents. On top of that, there's this dumb Romeo and Juliet subplot that doesn't develop throughout the story and yet is wrapped in a nice, pretty bow towards the end, and two of the women also get married despite there being no build up and thus is unsatisfying and honestly super cliched. Of course, this being a fluffy story, everything is wrapped up in a nice little bow at the end, which was kind of annoying.
I hate ragging on this because I know this is supposed to be a feel-good, fluffy novel, but it's too short to build anything up properly and all of the characters are so one-dimensional they may as well be cardboard cutouts with names and backstories. Read this if you want, its short and simple, but I think I'll stick to Fannie Flagg's longer novels in the future.
Prompt: Dancer--a book by a favorite author
I would say that I'm disappointed by this book, but the truth is I'm not. While I do love Fannie Flagg, I also don't read her as frequently because her characters can be VERY hit or miss for me. And obviously, this novel's characters and frankly the whole story were a miss for me.
The biggest issue I have is that this book DID NOT age well. It was written in 2004 and some of the things characters said or did just don't gel with today. Frances's theory that her sister Mildred's constantly changing hair color and decision to wear pant suits before they became acceptable possibly being the reason why her fiance ditched her rubbed me the wrong way, as well as there being a token "redneck" family that just so happens to have terribly behaved children and neglectful parents. On top of that, there's this dumb Romeo and Juliet subplot that doesn't develop throughout the story and yet is wrapped in a nice, pretty bow towards the end, and two of the women also get married despite there being no build up and thus is unsatisfying and honestly super cliched. Of course, this being a fluffy story, everything is wrapped up in a nice little bow at the end, which was kind of annoying.
I hate ragging on this because I know this is supposed to be a feel-good, fluffy novel, but it's too short to build anything up properly and all of the characters are so one-dimensional they may as well be cardboard cutouts with names and backstories. Read this if you want, its short and simple, but I think I'll stick to Fannie Flagg's longer novels in the future.