Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: Fiction, Standalone
Published: 2005
Personal Rating: 1.5/5 (ugh)
Yearly Count: 141
Joy is newly divorced and has a heavy heart regarding the circumstances. She decides she needs to get away and start over. Joy's travel plans take a dive. She finds herself in a plane crash and then discovers her life.
Hokey, hokey, hokey. This was so not a book for me. Why did I continue? It was an audiobook, and I was on the road - only reason. Often I found myself dizzy, due to the continual eye-rolling. Ugh. I was warned and didn't take the warning seriously enough. My bad.
Oh boy, sorry you got stuck with this one! Hope the next one's better.
ReplyDeleteOh no! And a character's name was Joy??? Well, at least you get to increase your books read total :D
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Joy : )
It sounds like a stinker. Thanks for letting us know.
ReplyDeleteThis review cracked me up! Thanks for sharing your thoughts even if you didn't like it :)
ReplyDeleteGetting caught with a bad book on audio seems much worse...
ReplyDeleteYes, you were warned. And you even said, "Oh. I have this on my iPod. I think I'll skip it. Thank you, Les. :)" in a comment on my review back in Nov. 2008. :) Oh, well. At least it was short, right? ;)
ReplyDeleteBybee ~ I'm sure others like it. It's just wasn't my cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteLes ~ LOL I should have deleted it from my iPod right then and there! I decided to listen to it in the long run because it was a Christmas story and that's what I wanted then. Grrr
Even though I truly feel the way I expressed in my thoughts - I feel bad. I really need to temper them, but I don't. I do want to add that my thoughts of the book have nothing to do with Kristin Hannah's quality of writing per se, I just didn't care for the story.
Well that was odd! What happened to my other responses?!?
ReplyDeleteNicola ~ Me, too! :)
Mary ~ That was weird hearing my name in a story I didn't like. :(
Merry Christmas to you, too, Mary! :)
Bermudaonion ~ It was too corny for my taste. Those that like that type of book would love it.
Samantha.1020 ~ Glad I could bring a smile to your face. :)
I remember listening to this recently and think hokey is the perfect way to describe it :)
ReplyDeleteOh no! And then having to listen to it despite not enjoying it. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteStacybuckeye ~ Hmmm. I wonder if I commented on your post. Hopefully during this break I will be able to catch up some.
ReplyDeleteLiterary Feline ~ Sometimes I don't make wise choices. :(
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! These days it's difficult to keep up even just with my own blog, and I appreciate it to receive comments when I'm unable to reciprocate. Hopefully this week!