Margaret M. (margaretlee) - reviewed on 4/14/2010 + 171 more book reviews

I love Anita Shreve's work and was really looking forward to this book. However, there is just too much going on to make sense and have a smooth narrative. Several former college colleagues reunite at a bed and breakfast for a wedding. Shreve writes intermittently about the wedding and each of the individuals and their various lives and relationships, cutting in and out of the story at hand. Lots of detailed descriptions...too many, if you ask me...which take away from the plot. I have been enjoying Patterson's suspense novels and perhaps that's why Shreve hit me as sluggish. If you have all the time in the world to be patient with rambling story lines, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, it's a disappointment.

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