Linda Green

Such a sweet story even though parts were dark. The ending was wonderful.

I liked it; very different; humorous at times.

It was an interesting and informative health journey. I’m glad her journey resulted in more years. But, it definitely pointed out how celebrities can obtain the best legal and/or health care assistance in this country. In Ms Ephron’s situation, she received exceptional attention and care. I know my dr wouldn’t be texting and emailing me. And I know my insurance would not pay for the treatment she received or give me the best room in the hospital. A non celebrity wouldn’t be able to escape the death sentence

I was surprised for sure and wondered how true relationships portrayed by the writer really occurred in England during this era. The author overdid the sex scenes in my opinion. The reader got the picture. And it was an overkill ( spoiler alert) to have the story end once again on a sexual encounter. And did we ever learn how one of the characters got his scar?

I was really looking forward to reading another Grisham book. So glad he’s still writing. I felt like The Exchange was hastily put together. I enjoyed learning about Libya. (You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to go to the Middle East!) I was surprised the author could take such liberties with their former dictator. And I could not believe people/countries would agree to pay such a high ransom. I was disappointed that the terrorists were not found and dealt with. And I found it unrealistic that Mitch would so nonchalantly sacrifice his wife to save a woman he barely knew.

SPOILER ALERT Definitely an unexpected reveal and ending which I did not like. The presumed villain turns out to be the heroine but in my opinion, the author did not explain away the presumed villain’s evil thoughts earlier in the book but did hint there still could be problems in the future with the “now” heroine.

I hated the ending!! I was so hoping the good guys would prevail! Its reality as to how politics work in this country sickened me.