The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
5 posts
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Becki 
693 posts
Posted 2 months ago
Took this one out from the library, and I’m glad. It was an enjoyable read, but not one I’ll be returning to again and again. The heroine’s romance was a little too deus ex machina to really be believable, and I never quite understood the friendship between the heroine’s mother and her two best friends—didn’t get much of a sense of what had drawn them together in the first place, other than the Big Mystery that was revealed at the end. I don’t regret reading it, but I’m glad I didn’t spend the money for the book.
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Brandie
713 posts
Posted 2 months ago
I didn’t really enjoy the book that much. I didn’t enjoy the other book I read by her either (well, I think because now I can’t remember and so therefor it wasn’t that memorable to me either).
To me the book felt way to scripted and fake and as realistic fiction, I think it should feel, well, kind of realistic.
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Becki
693 posts
Posted 2 months ago
Okay. Glad I wasn’t alone in that thinking, because everybody else I talked to looooooved it.
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giselle
2 posts
Posted 2 months ago
Loved this book! It’s the only novel of its length I read in maybe six hours. That obviously happened on a weekend and it tells you how little of home chores I was able to do that day :) I thought the writing was engaging; one of my favorite parts was that of the painting of woman divers—the imagery gave me goosebumps!
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Becki
693 posts
Posted 2 months ago
I wish reading books counted as housework. I would totally get gold stars! As it is, my house is very dusty, but my husband has a literate wife. I hope he finds the trade-off worth it…
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