Rescue - Anita Shreve (2011)
Anita Shreve is one of those authors that I look forward to her new books, and search them out but the results can often be a bit hit or miss for me. This one was one of those that I didn't really gel with, the characters were a bit on the annoying side. An ambulance officer begins a relationship with a woman who he treats after she has an accident after drinking. Sixteen years later he is bringing up their daughter alone, and is struggling with a bit of teenage rebellion.
I found ambulance officer Webster a bit weak, and his family a bit flat and two dimensional and Shelia, well she was just plain annoying. Nothing seemed likable in the book really, the characters or the town, it all felt a bit like I'd heard it before. 2/5
1 comment:
i really love shreve's style of writing. and the stories. but the latest book i read "the last time they met" i didn't enjoy at all and after that i've not gotten around to reading the 2-3 i have in my to-read-pile. but the previous 3-4 ones i've enjoyed immensly.
but i do understand what you mean about the feeling of having read the story before. they are kind of similar...
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