Yes it took me about 3 months to finally finish Tara Road, but I finally did finish it 2 nights ago. I anxiously sped through the last 50 pages, sure that everything that needed to be resolved finally would. Well, when I got to the last page, I didn't even want to read it because I knew that that wasn't going to happen. In fact, I had to keep myself from throwing it out the window becuase it was just so awful! There was not one likeable character in that entire book. None. Most of the characters were weak and spineless and never lived up to the potential that the author should have given them. Friends betrayed other friends and no one ever found out about it, no one ever told anyone off that needed to be put in their place...it's like everyone was just happy in their ignorance and the author let them! I wanted to go into the story and yell at EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER.
In summary, I don't recommend this book to anyone and I may never read another book by this author. I don't think I've ever read a book that has made me so mad. I don't know what Oprah was thinking!!
In the meantime, while trying to get through that book, I did manage to finish Cutting for Stone...which I liked very much, although I was a little upset by the ending. It was a very interesting story, it just ended rather quickly and pointlessly. I am now reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows for the next book club meeting. I am rather enjoing it! It is told from the point of view of letters, and I find that I am always interested in what the next letter has to say. It's very cute so far, and definitely worlds away from Cutting for Stone. At the first book club meeting, only 2 other girls came and we never even got to talking about the book until the very end! Such is the world of a group of women. Our next meeting is in a couple weeks and I hope more girls show up! And if not, I'm looking forward to another small chatting session :)
