Hannah's Reviews > The Christmas Note

One of those books that escaped my reviewing for almost an entire year....thanks to a friend's rating and review, I realized I'd never marked this as read. I actually enjoyed this Christmas story last year!

It wasn't the greatest story ever, but the relationships felt authentic and interesting. The writing is stilted or weak at times, sometimes as though too much was being told within a paragraph for the actions to be shown...perhaps this was done for space, since it is a novella length work.

The family that came and landscaped the MC's yard, as she was gone, designs her new lawn...that was kind of weird. It didn't seem that her family knew her quite that well, but did it without checking on what her plans were. Not something my family, close as we are, would be free to do for each other. Also, the continued question of what her husband's actual prognosis was kept getting pushed back to the very end of the book. In fact, for a good portion of the story, I got the impression she was a widow.

All that said, though, it is a sweet Christmas tale with a good lesson and some nice festive activity. :)