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A very predictable summer beach read.
uggh and a pass. A quick mindless beach read for sure. I was heading to the sand and sun and wanted a "popcorn for the mind" book to escape with. I got that...it was pleasant but not life changing. A friend had recommended it. Not a waste of time, but I have too many other books on my list to read so it may be a while before I grab another Rice novel.
Not a bad book - just not my style. Have one more by Luanne. Will give it a chance.
I loved this book. I read it a few years ago while I soaked up the sun at the pool. It is a perfect beach/pool read as it is set in the New England summer. I pick up a new Luanne Rice book each summer because all of her books have that wonderful east coast charm to them.They also made a tv series based on this book which I also watched and loved! It starred Rob Lowe and who doesn't like Rob Lowe??!!!
A great book for younger ladies. I did read this ( I am in my 40's) but I really think the theme of this story is more appealing to younger readers. I did enjoy the story, but in my opinion, not quite the winner that most of my dear Luann's books are. I do think this is a worthwhile read if you are young at heart.
Slow. Very predictable.
If 2 stars is ok, and 3 is I liked it I'll say 2.5. Decent enough beach read. Fluff enough?
I would give this story 3.5 stars if I could. When you start this book you start an emotional journey with a family shattered by loss, and friends that lost touch. Nell is happy her father brought her to Hubbard's point, she wants to see the lady in the blue house who was friends with her mother but Nell is struggling. As Nell struggles with the loss of her family, her father and aunt also struggle and Stevie has her own issues with family. Sometimes this book was a tad boring for me because I a...
I started this book while on vacation on the Outer Banks in NC. It was a light beach read. I found the story to be a little more in depth than the normal chick lit, beach read. The relationships between the characters is nicely done. What made me give it 3 stars, is that throughout the book, despite several plot twists, you pretty much know how it's going to end. I would probably read another book by Luanne Rice.
Nell is the nine year old who has lost her mother and is yearning somehow to reach out and 'touch' her through her friends of long ago. She is all of nine going on twenty. I thought maybe she spoke and acted a little older than a nine year old, but then I thought of the wisdom I have come across from young people and decided to go with the flow. She seeks out Stevie Moore a recluse, who paints and writes story books for children, always sharing the darker side of nature as well as the positive.
I loved this story and the characters! The word pictures were so vivid I felt she was describing places that I have visited in another life.Such deep explainations of family emotions and dynamics it was easy to get caught up in what happened to them. I felt their pain, their dreams, their connection with each other.I'm always surprised by Luanne Rice and the way she paints a picture in words. There were so many details in this story that I was taken away to another place in time or was it to a p...
3.5 starsGrief is a funny thing. Sometimes, people grieve not for what was but for what could’ve been, mostly in their imagination. In this book, Emma is dead. She appears in the prologue as a sixteen-year-old girl, and then, two decades later, a year after her death, the entire story unfolds. It involves Emma’s childhood friends – the beach girls – plus her widower and her nine-year-old daughter. And like in her childhood, the story still revolves around Emma. I didn’t like what I learned about...
This was an easy summer book. Not to in depth :) I watched the tv movie based on it on LIfetime and it was awful. Nothing like the book.
Luanne Rice juz added one reason for me to keep reading her books! ^^ True friendships last!
Jack Kilvert is running. He's running from his past. He's running from his emotions. He's running from his reality. Jack and his daughter Nell are spending their summer in Hubbard's Point, Connecticut. Jack is hiding in his childhood vacation spot. Nell is searching for her mother's oldest childhood friend who still lives in Hubbard's Point. In finding Stevie, Nell is trying to feel contected to her mother who died just over one year ago.In this heart-felt novel there are no surprises. Love conq...
Boring...
This was the first novel I read from Rice that it was broken into Parts.Within Part One, I felt left out of a lot of details known to the characters. And they seemed to have this underlying language of understanding the details between each other, yet I felt left in the dark. What really happened on that car ride that took Emma’s life? Why did the girls all really lose touch? Why wouldn’t Emma read Stevie's books to her daughter? Why does Jack not even want to think about his sister, let alone
I enjoy all of Luanne's books. It was nice to see a father so involved in his daughter's life and his wish to protect her. I do wish there was a little more romance during the book between Stevie and Jack so that when Jack and Nell moved to Scotland, we could really see Jack's sadness about leaving. Later in the book, I was confused about how Jack and Nell knew where to find Stevie and Maddie at the restaurant. Because of that, it took me a few minutes to get back to the story. Overall I enjoyed...
May have been a little slow-moving, but I thought it was just adorable. Nell was a little out of control, but had her reasons -- her mom had just died. Jack was definitely too deliberate -- everything took him forever!! Maddy was far too patient -- she needed to do something to get Jack's attention. Like a good smack. Stevie was great -- knew what she wanted and went after it. And so much talent. Anyway, despite some less-than-sparkling-reviews -- I loved it.
