Ok. Here goes! My first reviewJ
I was really looking forward to reading this
story! I have Joyce Maynard’s books on
my library to-read list and I was really intrigued by this story, After Her.
I even wrote the publisher when they forgot
to send me my ARC… but … I was a little disappointed. I’ve been going back and forth about giving
it a 2 or 3 star.
There were something’s that I liked about
the story and some that I did not:
I really loved the relationship between the
sisters. I thought it was very sweet and
tender. Their everyday “adventures” were
cute and fun to read about but… there were times I could not figure out where
the author was going… For example, Rachel (the older sister) starts off by describing
where they live, her dad’s dedication to his work, their parents’ relationship,
her relationship with her sister and then the final part-the killings by “the
Sunset Strangler”.
Another aspect that really bothered me: I
understood the relationship to the sisters (they were close and loved each
other), the relationship with their father. Rachel loved and worshipped her
father. However, I did not understand her relationship with her mother! She portrayed her mother as bitter and very
removed from their world however, she thought it completely normal that their
father would abandon his family for another woman and dedicate his career to
tracking down the killer. She also seems
to celebrate her father flirting with other women while her mother seems to
fade like the furniture.
I liked that the center of the story wasn’t
the tracking of the killer but it really didn’t seem to fit in the story either… The story progresses from Patty and Rachel’s
childhood into their adult years and then centers around the fathers obsession
with finding the killer.
So
overall a good story but nothing I would re-read or recommend.
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