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3.0 out of 5 stars
Going over the same old same old once too often, July 2, 2010
This review is from: Honeysuckle Summer (Sweet Magnolias) (Mass Market Paperback)
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Ms. Woods generally writes a good solid story, but this one contains references to previous stories in the series that are irritating and distracting. I don't want a rehash of what the previous books and their characters did, I've already read that.
I found the use of agoraphobia a trifle contrived and having yet another character with an eating disorder--the subject already covered and recovered in a previous tale or two--makes me wonder if Ms. Woods has lost her imagination.
Those things aside, the characters were fairly strong representations, and though not the best story in the Sweet Magnolias series, it was palatable.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
There were no vampires or werewolves involved , that has got to count for something, August 14, 2010
This review is from: Honeysuckle Summer (Sweet Magnolias) (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read , and liked a couple of her other books, so when I saw this one at the giveaway table of my local library, I picked it up thinking that it was probably good, but like me the owner was clearing up space.Wrong, she gave it away because it was a rather boring book, it read like a patient's information sheet on some mental health issues, lets see, the heroine was a victim of domestic violence,she had agoraphobia, her boyfriend's sister had an eating disorder, so apparently had another friend, and while it was a nice effort at tackling what for some might be important topics, between all these attempts at cataloging the various symptoms of these illnesses, there just was not really much of a plot, there really was not much of anything. The agoraphobic started dating the nice police officer whose nice sister had anorexia , and the nice psychiatrist treated both of them, of course there was the obligatory villain thrown in, the not so nice ex-husband, but then he spent most of his time sitting in the nice jail, he appeared a few pages before the end of the book, was hit in the head by a small bowl by the nice heroine and sent back to jail and that was the end of him in two pages.There really did not seem to be much depth to any of the characters, they were all bland and vanilla flavored, one ex husband worked for and appeared to be good friends with his former wife's new partner, and in turn the same ex-husband was set up with a sexy realtor and then appeared to spend most of his time worrying about where their relationship was going, and if he was the right man for her, that was until his nice ex-wife analyzed the situation for him and made him realize that...., ugh , it was just all soooo boring. The good news was , there were no vampires, werewolves, damaged alpha males needing the love of a good woman, and no major sex scenes.She gets a star for that, I was going to throw in another star for the attempt to deal with anorexia, agoraphobia and domestic violence in the same book, but I analyzed myself and decided it would be more of a sop to head off the pc folk who might criticize my critique for lacking the sensitivity chip needed to appreciate these issues, but then I figured hey, reading the book wasted one hour of my life that I will never get back so it stays at one star.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Love Sherryl Woods Series, May 6, 2011
This review is from: Honeysuckle Summer (Sweet Magnolias) (Mass Market Paperback)
I usually recycle paperbacks (pass them on to friends, etc), but I have kept this series. I marked the order number on the top of the side title (so I would not have to check the publication date every time for the correct order), and have read the series many times. I love the Sweet Magnolias, as well as the Chesapeake Shores Series.
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