Scan barcode
A review by redhickory
Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
3.0
3.5
I really enjoyed this! All of the main characters were likable, at some stage of the book! They were “real” in the sense that they did things we have done and made mistakes I could relate to or at least understand.
The “wisdom” wasn’t over the top or so syrupy it would make you want to gag (actually it boiled down to one simple piece of advice “Love is simple” – which of course, it is not!). There were many nice moments of connection and there were plenty of fights and mistakes, which stopped it being “too much”.
In a way this is chick lit for the “older lady”, Hen Lit, I believe it is unflatteringly called!! It is all about relationships and the search for personal happiness and a place in the world, just not about the search for a man the way the 20something chick lit is.
The end was a bit of a fizzer but there were little endings along the way, with story lines being resolved, so in a way the “non-ending” was appropriate.
I really enjoyed this! All of the main characters were likable, at some stage of the book! They were “real” in the sense that they did things we have done and made mistakes I could relate to or at least understand.
The “wisdom” wasn’t over the top or so syrupy it would make you want to gag (actually it boiled down to one simple piece of advice “Love is simple” – which of course, it is not!). There were many nice moments of connection and there were plenty of fights and mistakes, which stopped it being “too much”.
In a way this is chick lit for the “older lady”, Hen Lit, I believe it is unflatteringly called!! It is all about relationships and the search for personal happiness and a place in the world, just not about the search for a man the way the 20something chick lit is.
The end was a bit of a fizzer but there were little endings along the way, with story lines being resolved, so in a way the “non-ending” was appropriate.