Mary McGarry Morris wrote a book. She wrote a book that took a long time to read. This book that she wrote was called "Songs In Ordinary Time." It was a long-winded book written by a long-winded author that takes a long time to explain a very simple story. I don't know, it was a good book, if you like very long drawn-out, semi-boring stories. I really don't, but some of you out there might. It was a story of a not-so-well-off family that's trying to make it. Ex-hubby and daddy is an alcoholic ruining everyone's lives and mommy is a stressed out, under-paid, trying-to-make-ends-meet woman that needs attention and when she gets any attention from her three children she ends up screaming at them. Mommy meets a strange guy that turns out to be a quick-handed traveling salesman and an aspiring murderer.
On a scale of one to ten, one being the crappiest book I've ever read, I would give this book a 5 on execution of the story, 4 on length, 7 on character development, and a measly 2 on the conclusion. It was pretty weak and didn't make me feel any emotion other than Thank God this book is done so I can start a new one. I have to say, in parts I did enjoy reading it and became captivated at times making me read for a few hours straight. But the length of the book was unnecessary. I don't know if Ms. Morris always writes so long-windedly, or if she was given seven hundred and forty pages and told to have fun. It beats me.
I don't recommend this book to you. I hate to admit it, but...this book was one of Oprah's Book Club books. It was the only book in the house that I hadn't read...give me a break.
More book reviews to come.
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