Customer Reviews

Knit Two (Friday Night Knitting Club, No 2)

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I was so excited to find this book, but am very glad I borrowed it from the library, rather than purchasing it for my collection. This book is nowhere near as satisfying as its predecessor, The Friday Night Knitting Club. The relationships were much less developed and quite contrived this time around. There was no depth to any of the characters or their interactions. The ending read like a 4th grader's attempts at a first "real" story; just a couple of sentences about each character to wrap up loose ends.

Knit Two is not nearly as good as Friday Night Knitting Club, though I do appreciate the continuation of Anita, Cat, Dakota, Darwin, Lucie, etc. Even where it fall short, I think Knit Two is a great empowering book. It would make a great book club read. I can't wait for Knit the Season to come out. Over all, I really like Kate Jacobs work.

This book was a wonderful continuation to the "Friday Night Knitting Club". I cried and could not put this book down.

This sequel took a long time to get to the point of story development. One of the perks of reading on Kindle in that you can see the percent of the book read so far, and I noticed that we were a good 11-12% into the book before anything started to happen. It was as though the author was summarizing Friday Night Knit Club in that first part of the book, to the detriment of the story. I almost quit reading, but enjoyed the original so much that I was looking for a good read.

This time around the characters have less development, and the story is predictable. Sorry to say that this was a disappointment. The characters do not really grow, but seem as though they are set into a surrounding, for instance half the knit club trooped off to Europe,with some travel reasons being contrived. The author aims and misses at writing a book about meaningful interactions among women of different backgrounds and age groups. Unfortunately, the ending sure sounded like a Book 3 is coming. I will pass on that one.

For fans of The Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Jacobs, brings us the sequel, Knit Two. Dakota is now in college at NYU, though dreaming of culinary aspirations and becoming a chef. Walker and Daughter is becoming a nuisance on her as people keep advising her on what to do with her life...isn't life hard as a teenager?...but with Peri running the store and making major improvements...all can't be too bad. Lucie has her hands full with a toddler and a budding career as a film director...and Darwin will soon deliver her own child as she teaches women's lit. Catherine's antique shop is in trouble...and KC finds herself working for a firm that once fired her...complicated lives for sure. Knit Two focuses mainly on the changes each character must go through as their lives progress...relationships, careers, motherhood, what have you...and the implications that go along with losing old friends and acquiring new ones. Georgia still plays a role as all the characters are still dealing with her loss and still searching themselves for the advice, Georgia, would no doubt shed upon them. I guess the overall theme of the book is to not let go of the past as you venture forward in life. The plot isn't as fun as the first, but I did enjoy the bonds of friendships and families, and of course, knitting......... If you haven't read any of the previous books by Kate Jacobs then I would recommend they be next on your "to read" list.

I gave the first book 4 stars, and this one 3. Knit 2 rambles quite a bit, trying too hard to equal the stories with all the characters, instead of having a main focus and supporting characters, like the first novel did. It finally all comes together, a bit improbably, but in a fairly satisfying way. The characters are still interesting, and the friendships between them are still very nice to read.

I listened to this on audiobook, and the narrator does a fine job, differentiating between the characters nicely but without too many exaggerated voices (except for Ginger, a 5 year old girl who inexplicably sounds like a cranky old man with smoker's lung).

...not quite as good as the first. As sequels often are, this one deals with the right characters and takes them on in time beyond the end of the first book. However, the conflict is not as strong nor are the characters as interesting. If you read the first book, you will enjoy the second, but it's not a must-read.

I loved the Friday Night Knitting Club and the stories of the characters. Kate Jacobs writing just flows and it is so easy to get into the characters. I was very happy there was a sequel and I could escape in the story again. I also enjoyed her other book, Comfort Food.

I enjoyed the sequel. I read it quickly after finishing the first novel. I think being familiar with the characters helped to make the story more compelling. I found there were still too many characters, and it wasn't quite as good as the first one. It was a great summer read though. Nice and relaxing, and it was good chick lit!

I haven't finished reading this book yet, but nearly halfway through it...I'm just sick of it. I have just realized that I'm not reading this book out of enjoyment at all, but just to finish it. The sad thing is I've already downloaded to audiobook for Knit the Season.

The most annoying thing about this book (so far, since I'm not done) is that for, I kid you not, the first EIGHT chapters all you hear about is Georgia. Georgia Georgia Georgia. I miss Georgia, she was my best friend, she was a great mother, she ran the store so well and this and that and blah blah blah. I felt like screaming at the characters "She's been dead for five years! Move on with your lives!"

At least with the first book there was an interesting plot and some action going on, Georgia's long lost best friend and long lost baby-daddy arrive and around the same time and she has to cope with the emotional joys and stresses and at the same time Catherine is dealing with her pending divorce with Adam. Nothing like that in this book. Just a boring book about the boring lives of far too many characters that continue to mope and whine for 320 pages. As far as I can see this book is just the result of Kate Jacobs taking advantage of the fact that the first book was so popular that her readers will buy the second even if its crap (which it is).