book 19

Bookends by Jane Green
358 pages

I read Jemima J last year, so I thought it would be cool to give Jane Green another shot. I enjoyed Bookends.. it was a little slow at first, but as I read, I got more and more into it.  I like that Ms. Green creates characters that come off as real - they aren't little stick figure girls who live a life you can't imagine living.. they are sometimes insecure, they have bad hair, and they are regular sized women.

I had a couple of issues with the book, first of all the language.. like when Lucy talks she is a little annoying, "the lovely James" "young James" "Cath, my love" it's a little over the top. Sometimes Cath goes on and on and repeats herself, and I wish she would get to the point.  And the last 100 pages of the book were EXTREMELY depressing.  I don't think it was meant to be so depressing, but it was, and I didn't like that.

I would still give this book 4 stars, however, because all in all I really enjoyed reading it and am glad I chose it. :)