Maighdlyn Lussier

Did I learn something from this book? Yes. Was the overall subject interesting? Yes. However, were there A LOT of tangents and unnecessary rants and anecdotes? YES. I say this as someone who adds a lot of tangents in her own stories. There were much much too many. Did her editor not notice and say something? While I truly appreciate this woman’s knowledge, she had a vendetta against many people writing this book …

3 is rounding it up. I give this book more of a 2.5, which is rather disappointing as I quite enjoyed the first one of the series. I read the first 50 pages and then went to read the reviews as I just wasn’t feeling it. People said it got « better » so I kept reading. I could relate in many ways to Nell in the first book (a long time expat who had moved back to her home country, was trying to launch a business and faced lots of ups and downs). In the second book I couldn’t relate to Nell’s (or anyone except maybe Cricket in some aspects). It felt more generic (main themes being marriage & having children)… and Nell who is such a people pleaser was rather irritating at some points. It’s still a « fun-ish » read on holiday.

I loved the book Circe, so I was super excited when I saw that Madeline Miller wrote a book about Achilles and my expectations were high. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t really get onboard with the teen love story. I kept reading hoping that I’d get into the story eventually, but page after page it didn’t happen. The author writes beautifully but the story just didn’t manage to capture me sadly… maybe it would please a younger public, who is into romance and love stories.