Do You like book Happiness Sold Separately (2009)?
I respect the idea of seeing the human beings in our life, and those we don't know, yet, as beautiful, complicated, and loved, children of God, no matter the messiness or brillance of their current lives. I believe that is why I picked this book up, read the back, and decided to buy it. When someone in my life can only see in black and white, that physically causes me pain. I believe that Jesus saw all of His brothers and sisters in color. Our Father sees us in color. Of course their are shadows, but those occur due to our being living, breathing beings. That's just my little bit of thinking on life, and this book. It isn't a book that I would have bought, let alone read, just a few years ago. I believe I may have been color-blind then. I will add my review when I've actually completed this book, but until then, here's a quote from the back of the book:"Lolly Winston 'tackles difficult subjects-infidelity, infertility, a failing marriage, and a troubled kid-with honesty and empathy,' writes Wendy Smith for the Washington Post. There are no good guys or bad guys in this tale of modern love-just real characters with real flaws, who are entirely human and utterly sympathetic."
—Christiangal
Oh no, where to start? I truly enjoyed Lolly Winston's debut novel, Good Grief, and was excited to read this one. Alas, my excitement was doused with a large splash of bitterness as I struggled to find some honesty in this book. The only character I actually liked was Kat, the understanding best friend and neighbor. Elinor and Ted's love for one another is unconvincing from the start. At times I wished they would just say, "Ok let's just forget it. We tried, nice knowing you," and move on. Not to say that I wanted Ted to choose Gina--I hated that woman. She made my skin crawl and I felt no sympathy for her messed-up life. But I didn't exactly care for Elinor either...self-pitying, critical, humorless. I couldn't even muster up any love for Toby, the angry and misguided son. In the end I wished I could edit, revise, and rewrite most of the story. Dont' get me wrong, I can handle a difficult struggle in a book--just not a ridiculous one. A little soap opera-ish for me.
—Kayla
Spoilers galoreThis book was very hard to read. It was almost an exact copy of my life!!!! (Other than the cheating husband bull). More on that later, if you really want to know. The book was ok. I feel that the emotions weren't accurate to the events that took place. Some very devastating things happened and the characters seemed to be kind of like, "eh." Not too believable. This is the strange, twilight zone shit here: what happened in the book vs. my life:Infertility- checkIVF- checkMultiple
—Sara