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pastryqueenI finished another book. This time, it was Landline by Rainbow Rowell.
And here's my review of it on Goodreads.
The story was cute - and just okay. It wasn't exciting, but it's still a Rainbow Rowell book. She usually does an outstanding job with penning great characters, so I knew I'd enjoy it - and I've always been a sucker for a Christmas story!
I liked the magic phone shenanigans. Georgie was sympathetic and relatable even at her lowest points. I liked her mother and her sister Heather, and Heather's secret feelings for the pizza delivery person was adorable. And Georgie's daughters! Their dialogue was age appropriate, and they acted exactly like children their age, and not like mini adults wise beyond their years.
I won't lie, though: I just never warmed up to Neal, not as a character and certainly not as Georgie's love interest. (Not that I liked her best friend Seth as an option any better, but hoo boy is it a bad sign when I agreed with him about Neal.) My dislike for Neal greatly affected my rating here, because it felt like the story hammered on all the things Georgie did wrong through their whole marriage and just glossed over Neal's part in it.
All in all, this isn't my favorite book by her, but I don't regret reading it.
P.S. Whhhhhhy didn't we get to see more of Scotty? I liked that boy.
Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.
Maybe that was always beside the point.
Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.
When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.
That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...
Is that what she’s supposed to do?
Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
And here's my review of it on Goodreads.
The story was cute - and just okay. It wasn't exciting, but it's still a Rainbow Rowell book. She usually does an outstanding job with penning great characters, so I knew I'd enjoy it - and I've always been a sucker for a Christmas story!
I liked the magic phone shenanigans. Georgie was sympathetic and relatable even at her lowest points. I liked her mother and her sister Heather, and Heather's secret feelings for the pizza delivery person was adorable. And Georgie's daughters! Their dialogue was age appropriate, and they acted exactly like children their age, and not like mini adults wise beyond their years.
I won't lie, though: I just never warmed up to Neal, not as a character and certainly not as Georgie's love interest. (Not that I liked her best friend Seth as an option any better, but hoo boy is it a bad sign when I agreed with him about Neal.) My dislike for Neal greatly affected my rating here, because it felt like the story hammered on all the things Georgie did wrong through their whole marriage and just glossed over Neal's part in it.
All in all, this isn't my favorite book by her, but I don't regret reading it.
P.S. Whhhhhhy didn't we get to see more of Scotty? I liked that boy.