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The Story of Us
by Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
by Deb Caletti (Goodreads Author)
Wendy's review
bookshelves: contemporary, read-book-because-i-like-the-author, ya-liked, ya-take-it-or-leave-it
May 09, 12
bookshelves: contemporary, read-book-because-i-like-the-author, ya-liked, ya-take-it-or-leave-it
Read from May 02 to 09, 2012
I wish I could rate this higher, but I can't. I really looked forward to this since "Stay" came out, which was the BEST Caletti book. I felt like this really took a step backward towards formula and cliche.
** Spoilers from here on out ... ***
I think there was just too much going on. A mom, dad, a new step-dad, brother, aunts and an uncle, a toddler, two former almost-step dads, new step sisters, 3 friends, grandparents, a random Asian dude, great aunts, a few dogs, a hot new love interest, the old, steady boyfriend, the crazy hippies....GAH! It was hectic and crazy.
I think that's what she was going for, as this was a weekend Cricket's mom was getting married to an awesome guy. They're all thrown together at a B&B on the Washington Coast. Moving, a new marriage, new family, the 'end of an era' so to speak...it was foreshadowing.
Lots of flashback and back story because this is, The Story of Us. Cricket spends the whole book thinking back to her life with her family, and how it changed when their neighbor Janssen becomes her brother's best friend and her savior/boyfriend. I actually liked her journal scenes when she was writing to Janssen, but it was a whole lot of telling, not showing.
She's taking a break from Janssen, and the whole book we're told she 'did' something to cause the mini break-up, but never told what it was. She feels terrible, and you can tell she wants to mend the fence and rebuild the bridge and get back together with him.
This is resolved, on one of the last few pages, and it's given 1/2 of a page. I was like, "Yes!"...then I was like, "What?!?"
Caletti uses one of the dogs in the story, Jupiter, as a metaphor for life. I can see why she did it, and the dog's **major spoiler **(view spoiler)
The wedding week is just too crazy to sum up ... I don't know.
Well, if you like all the other Deb Caletti books, you'll still like this one. I made the mistake of reading her best one first, and just slowly going downhill from there.
** Spoilers from here on out ... ***
I think there was just too much going on. A mom, dad, a new step-dad, brother, aunts and an uncle, a toddler, two former almost-step dads, new step sisters, 3 friends, grandparents, a random Asian dude, great aunts, a few dogs, a hot new love interest, the old, steady boyfriend, the crazy hippies....GAH! It was hectic and crazy.
I think that's what she was going for, as this was a weekend Cricket's mom was getting married to an awesome guy. They're all thrown together at a B&B on the Washington Coast. Moving, a new marriage, new family, the 'end of an era' so to speak...it was foreshadowing.
Lots of flashback and back story because this is, The Story of Us. Cricket spends the whole book thinking back to her life with her family, and how it changed when their neighbor Janssen becomes her brother's best friend and her savior/boyfriend. I actually liked her journal scenes when she was writing to Janssen, but it was a whole lot of telling, not showing.
She's taking a break from Janssen, and the whole book we're told she 'did' something to cause the mini break-up, but never told what it was. She feels terrible, and you can tell she wants to mend the fence and rebuild the bridge and get back together with him.
This is resolved, on one of the last few pages, and it's given 1/2 of a page. I was like, "Yes!"...then I was like, "What?!?"
Caletti uses one of the dogs in the story, Jupiter, as a metaphor for life. I can see why she did it, and the dog's **major spoiler **(view spoiler)
The wedding week is just too crazy to sum up ... I don't know.
Well, if you like all the other Deb Caletti books, you'll still like this one. I made the mistake of reading her best one first, and just slowly going downhill from there.
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Reading Progress
| 05/03/2012 | page 3 |
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1.0% | |
| 05/04/2012 | page 45 |
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12.0% | "Very 'Deb Caletti'-ish. Kinda more of the same, if you know what I mean. This is as close to chick-lit as I get." |
| 05/04/2012 | page 45 |
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12.0% | "Very 'Deb Caletti'-ish. Kinda more of the same, if you know what I mean. This is as close to chick-lit as I get." |
| 05/07/2012 | page 150 |
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38.0% | "plot is moving slowly" |
