Kristine's review
Back When We Were Grownups
by Anne Tyler
Kristine's review
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Kristine's review
rating:
recommended for: middle-aged women who hate themselves
why did i finish this? why do i do that to myself - finish books that have no chance of improving? i bought this because it was marked down to like $5 and i have heard that anne tyler is a beautiful writer and i like the cover (trite, but i do). i didn't like the first 20 pages, so what compelled me to finish is beyond me, but i hated the characters, the characters' names (all cutesy nicknames like poppy, no no, bitsy, the non-chinese min foo, jeep, patch, etc), the protagonist, and how boring the plot, dialogue, and problems were. mid-50s woman feels bad that she broke up with her college sweetheart, reconnects with him, decides she made the right choice. she was both timid and obnoxious, made dumb decisions on a whim, and was pretty much the kind of person that all women dread that they will become some day. why was i supposed to give a shit about her?
