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Showing posts with label Mothers & Children. Show all posts
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Apples Never Fall

Apples Never Fall

Apples Never Fall

Published: 14, September 2021

Author: Liane Moriarty
Genres: Adult, Christian, College, Domestic, Family Life, Fiction, Mothers & Children, Murder, Sibling, Thrillers, Women's


Rating: 85/100
Recommended: 90/100 Yes.

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A multi-layered family drama centered on a missing person mystery. Apart from being a little too long in the middle, author Liane Moriarty uses a full complement of expletives in her writing. It isn't gratuitous, but it is excessive and adds nothing to the plot or characters. There's a lot of suggested violence and sexual stuff, but nothing explicit. But, if you think it's getting dull, don't stop reading or give up because the finale is one of the best I've read in a story like this in a long time.

This is a long narrative that will keep you entertained for a long time. While trying to figure out what happened to Mom, there's a perfect opportunity to put your family therapy skills to the test and brush up on your tennis skills.

It's simple to understand. Despite the fact that the middle portion was utterly unneeded, I finished the book in three sittings because of the wonderful mystery and family drama. You'll enjoy this if you like the author's previous work, but even if you don't, you'll enjoy it at the end.

At first, I noticed, one thing was missing, and that was her normal thoughts on people, relationships, and families, among other things. But it's a good thing I was wrong because everything comes flooding in towards the end, and you understand what you've been missing all along. This paragraph is actually for the fans of Liane Moriarty and who already read her previous books.

This novel can add a subtitle that might be "bad, toxic, and convoluted relationships," and it reminded me of all the problems individuals face and how they suffer simply because they don't grasp the differences between these types of relationships and complicated relations. Many of the behaviors that a person is forced to endure are not acceptable simply because of a close or any form of relationship. A lot of this stuff bothered me, and I feel compelled to warn the readers about it in case they get enraged or feel anxiety while reading about it. And yes, I believe all of the characters in this story, if they are actual people, require counseling.

After finishing this novel, I discovered something I had always assumed before reading it: you can love someone even though you know you can never trust them, but you can still care for and love them without allowing them to harm you again by not trusting them. It's difficult, but not impossible. Like a close relative, such as a brother, sister, mother, or even your own kids.

The audio version of this book is amazing and I really recommend it, just check the sample at the link provided and you’ll know why I am recommending it.


Final Thoughts:

I must acknowledge that this book does not measure up to the author's past works, but it is a fine novel, and if you approach it as if it were a new novel by a new author, you will realize its true beauty. The only reason a work like this receives low marks is because readers enter it with high expectations.

As with many novels with problematic characters, this one has a lot of them, and many readers just want to read about ideal people, which is why they might not enjoy it; yet, it has a fantastic plot with problems and secrets. The only reason I can't give it full points is that there was a period in the middle of the book when it seemed to drag on for no apparent reason but basically a good read at its heart.


Synopsis:

“#1 New York Times Bestseller

From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.

The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?

This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children—Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke—were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.”


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The Great Alone

Published: 6, February 2018

Author: Kristin Hannah

Genres: Women's, Fiction, Mothers & Children, Family, Domestic Life, Coming of Age, Survival


The Great Alone was a phrase in Robert Service’s poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” in which he refers to the isolated Alaskan lands as the "Great Alone" and with this knowledge, you can guess this book’s story is set in the Alaskan wilderness.

I call it a formula novel, and something I noticed was the good and evil extremes because the good people were very good and bad people were really bad. But you are going to read page after page just to know what happens next.

The Great Alone is a survival story about growing up with an abusive and unpredictable father and surviving in the harsh Alaskan wilderness. The author creates a vivid and unforgettable picture of a family and a community trying to carve out a living and surviving in the wild. The meager yet active society she paints provides warmth and softens the harsh Alaskan landscape harshness.

I love reading survival stories and this is one that is in Alaska, where you are fighting against nature 24/7. As a result, I thought The Great Alone's early setup, which covers roughly the first half of the novel, was exceptionally effectively done. It's well-paced, with a continual stream of emotional ups and downs as the main family adjusts to their new surroundings and lives.

The tale darkens, the book becomes much more dramatic, and it begins to reach a repetitious note as the novel approaches the halfway point. I think it happened because of the way some members of these families were abusive towards other members and what happened to these abused people was the cause of this feeling, otherwise, it is an amazing read and I think the reader will not get bothered by all this because it is the part of growing up in many families. In the end, it is what you choose to become matters and not the abuser.

The middle had a bit slow movement but that is okay with such a huge book and I felt the ending was a little rushed also but still it was not bad. Some authors try to connect all loose ends and fix any remaining plot idea at the end to finish the book properly and that is in my mind, a good way and sign of an intelligent writer.


Synopsis:
“In Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.

#1 New York Times Instant Bestseller (February 2018)
A People “Book of the Week”

Buzzfeed’s “Most Anticipated Women’s Fiction Reads of 2018”
Seattle Times’s “Books to Look Forward to in 2018”

Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, has little choice but to go along, daring to hope this new land promises her family a better future.

In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, the Allbrights find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the newcomers’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.

But as winter approaches and darkness descends, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own.”


Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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The Four Winds

Published: 2, February 2021

Author: Kristin Hannah

Genres: Women's, Historical, Fiction, Mothers & Children, Family, Domestic Life, Coming of Age


I found this book compelling and informative, it is about a woman trying to raise two children on a Texas farm as the fields dry out and unrelenting dust storms ruin everything in sight. People are packing up and leaving for greener pastures and jobs out in the West and all around them, but what awaits them there is uncertain as well.

The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah's previous novel, was about a family taming the harsh Alaskan wilderness. This book is another survival story but this time it is about a family in the Great Plains battling poverty and famine during the Dust Bowl in the years following the Great Depression. Both books are great but I felt “The Four Winds” is better than the previous book “The Great Alone”.

Start of this book kind of felt like a drag but gets better with every page. The author breaks you, then she is going to move you and make you ponder but by the end, she is going to heal you. What powerful writing and you can feel the research behind this masterpiece. For me, it was all about the original American dream of freedom because while the characters faced challenges they never gave up hope, they were full of willpower, tenacity, pioneering spirit, and above all, the love for family. This book is surely going to make many readers cry at the end and feel proud and brave.

The relationship between the main characters is going to remind you of your own life and relationships. I love a story that teaches you something important about life and sometimes it can actually influence the reader to change in a good way.

This is kind of an easy read but not for everyone because not everyone likes historical fiction but surely fans of author Kristin Hannah and historical fiction are going to love it. I am not a fan of these books but even I loved the book and story.

The story is sad and depressing but uplifting at the same time. Some parts may seem cruel or bad to some readers because of the treatment of women but understand, in that period lots of these things were considered normal. Like marrying a total stranger but that is how life was back then.

One more thing, some political issues may make some readers hate this book but my advice is to read it as a fictional book and not someone’s personal thoughts on politics.


Synopsis:
“From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them.

“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.”

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows.

By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.

In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa―like so many of her neighbors―must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.

The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it―the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.”


Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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The Last Thing He Told Me

Originally Published: 04, May 2021
Author: Laura Dave
Genres: Adult, College Fiction, Women's, Detective, Fiction, Mothers & Children, Suspense, Family Life

Once more a book that is going to divide the readers on the quality, story, and all the aspects of this book. For some, it is going to be great and for some, it is just a waste of time. I am on the side of people who are going to like this book. The story has twists and what you are reading at the start is going to change into something else. It was like the writer started a story and then by the end, it was changed into another story. The problem with writing a review of this kind of book is very hard if the reviewer can’t share any part of the story to keep it spoiler-free.

Few things that I wanted to see was a bit of backstory between the husband and wife and her reasons for doing what she did for so long and one thing that I never like is the part or information from a story that is purposefully hidden from the reader and I hate that kind of writing. So get ready to be disappointed or mad if you don’t like this trick of keeping stuff hidden from the reader. I personally don’t like it but in some cases it can be okay if that is what a good story demands. Let me know in the comments what you think of this kind of trick from this book.

The twists in this book are worth reading and are surely going to make an impact on most of the females in my opinion. But still, this book is a very fast read and very simple in many ways. Think of the story as a video game and the setting is on very easy so the player can beat all odds and win in one turn. That is how simple this is for the characters in this book. I think that is enough that I can tell without spoiling this book for you.


From The Back Cover:
“#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, BEST BOOK OF SUMMER SELECTED BY * VOGUE * USA TODAY * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * CNN * TOWN & COUNTRY * PARADE * BUSTLE * AND MORE!

A “gripping” (Entertainment Weekly) mystery about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears.

Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.

As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared.

Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated.

With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a riveting mystery, certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.”

The rating for this book was not easy to give, because I found this a very simple read, and many people may not feel satisfied by it, I wanted to give more points but that will be cheating with my readers.


Rating: 75/100
Recommended: 75/100 Not a yes but okay.

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Nine Lives

Originally Published: July 2021
Author: Danielle Steel
Genres: Women's Sagas, Women's Friendship Fiction, Family Life Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Women’s fiction, Mothers & Children Fiction, Women's Domestic Life Fiction

After reading about the genres of this book, you may think I read books from this genre also and my answer is yes I read almost everything that I can get my hands on, plus don’t forget, it is written by Miss. Danielle Steel. Who I thought was a man for a long time until I saw her picture and that was something that I will never forget because the same day I found one more blunder in my life and it was about another writer, Late Mr. Sidney Sheldon, I thought he was a woman. I loved his writing and am feeling sad about losing him at the moment while writing about him. I wish he was able to write more because I loved his great ideas. The next review is surely going to be about one of his books.

The books related to genres that are about mothers, women, family, and children are usually eye-openers and teach us a lot of lessons if written properly. No need to write with spice and twists, just a normal family drama and daily situations are enough to make a book famous and number one on any top ranking list. That is why I read these books so I can learn something about how to be good with family and the women around me.

I can’t say that I read all of this author’s books but yes I read a lot of them. If you read her previous books then you kind of know this book also but it is as good as any other book by her. I normally never spoil the story or tell anything about the story but here I must tell something about this one…this story is about a woman who lives a very dull and boring life because of her past and now she is changing because of something from the past. In simple words, if you want an adventure with romance and excitement and be quick and happy about it, then read this book because it feels like the time is flying with this book. It is a fast and easy read and you can actually finish the book in one sitting if nothing else to do.

The bad side of this book is the repetitive stuff and in some cases the wooden and stiff characters but for some these characters can be real and you may start to care for them. Sometimes a book is the same but the way we read or understand it is not the same. Like someone who doesn’t know the author’s style may feel robbed when trying to read this book but for the fans, it is a great story. So the choice is always yours. I am not going to give it full points due to this reason but in my heart, this book deserves a hundred points.


Synopsis:
“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman who longs to avoid risk at all cost learns that men who love danger are the most exciting in this moving novel from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

After a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost.

Following her mother’s advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high school boyfriend who was too wild to feel safe, Maggie instead sought out all the things her mother had lost—a predictable partner, a stable home, and a regular paycheck. She chose to marry a dependable, kind man who was a reliable husband and successful accountant. Together they had a son and found happiness in a conventional suburban life. Until tragedy struck again.

Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from San Francisco to Rome, Paris, and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the very same irresistible, thrill-seeking man she’s spent thirty years trying to forget, Maggie becomes terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life may very well end in disaster. But ultimately, while Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories of her past, fate will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love.”

I can’t give this book a hundred points even if I want to do that because that will be like cheating with the people who read my reviews and trust me when deciding to buy a book. It has its flaws and many readers may not like this book and the writing style of Miss. Danielle Steel, even some fans may feel angry at the repetitive style or same formula of writing.

I am sure it is unintentional and the concept and story may seem kind of the same but it is not. And for those people who say I can see the plot and story even before it happens…my reply is: I can tell even the dialogue of many movies even before the actors speak; the reason Is very simple, I read a lot, and after you have that much data in your mind, you can really start to act like a supercomputer so just relax and enjoy what you just bought and don’t spoil it for others.


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 90/100 YES.

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