![]() ![]() ![]() This one made me chuckle and sigh because of my profession: “ good ol’mom, I added. And by telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, I avoided the wounds of deep disappointment.” “I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. It’s not great literature, but it gave me what I needed at this time (escapism and a few chuckles) and that’s good enough. Having said that, I have to agree that her writing is a bit formulaic, but in a way I was depending on that!lol I would imagine that if I read her books back to back, it would feel even worse but because there’s been time gaps, it didn’t bother me as much. ![]() Some Goodreads reviews make reference to the characters being two dimensional and flat, but this was not my impression, possibly because I’ve always been able to relate to them in some ways.the concept of having to navigate two cultures yet not feeling completely “whole” as part of either one and/or managing familial ties and expectations is not a foreign one to me, so I enjoy the “tension.” ![]()
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