Down by the Water [Paperback]

Caroline Upcher (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (2001)
• ASIN: B000OEFG74
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Why Did I Finish This?, June 23, 2002

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BeachReader (Delaware) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down by the Water (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was so badly written and disorganized, the characters were so poorly developed....I do not know why I finished it.

What little was revealed about these mostly spoiled and unlikeable characters made me want to give most of them a swift kick. The situations were farfetched and unrealistic --almost laughable. The plot, if one can call it that, jumped all over the place and never returned to where it left off. Contrivances and coincidences abounded. It was so obvious how it would end.

This book sorely needed some strong editorial input to get it re-organized and clean it up.

I had looked forward to this book since I really liked one of this author's other books, "Grace and Favor". It is a shame Ms. Upcher did not take more care with "Down by the Water".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unlikable characters in an uninteresting story, September 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Down by the Water (Mass Market Paperback)

There's not much to like here. The characters are, without exception, annoying and unlikable, from status-obsessed Hope right down to her destructive two-year-old daughter, Booty. If this family lived next door to me, I'd move. Luckily, all I had to do was toss the book without finishing it.

A huge disappointment and a waste of money. Keep browsing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book, but I cared more about the nanny than Hope, August 19, 2002

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"hronovech" (Ocean Grove, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down by the Water (Hardcover)

The book was an ok, average book. I thought that Hope was very spoiled and she annoyed me. I just couldn't really get into caring about her. The nanny was a more interesting character. It was strange how they ended really quickly by summing everything up and solving all the issues-it was a little too fast.
I don't think I'll look for other books by this author. Maybe if Hope had had some turnaround and decided not to be so spoiled and obsessed with money, she would have interested me more.

-heather