Kim Green (1)

I just read in the November 2008 issue of Glamour magazine an article titled, "She Said She Had Breast Cancer--But She Lied," by Erin Zammett Ruddy, and it brought to mind this book.

For the most part, I enjoyed Kim Green's novel. Sometimes the author demanded a little more suspension of disbelief than I was comfortable with, especially in the end where everyone is shown having unconditional love for everyone in spite of their mistakes, big and small. In Ruddy's article, the "pretend" cancer patient wasn't forgiven as easily by everyone in the end. And she had a lot of explaining to do.

I thought, as a reader, that Green's glib ending oversimplified the effects of deceit, betrayal, grief, and pain that the characters experienced. Granted, this is a "light" novel, not a serious read. Even so, it didn't resonate with me.

I've struggled with the tough questions and I've come up empty handed plenty of times, but even a "light" read can have some depth to it. I don't know many people who can stop talking about their spouse's affair or gloss over it because of their affection for one another. But maybe I'm blind and everyone is more tolerant than I think.

If you are part of the "I can forgive anything" crowd, this book is for you.… (altro)

Don’t read this review until after you’ve read the book…I will wait. I read the reviews before I read the book and then I couldn’t decide if I liked it or not. I spent the first 5 chapters trying to decide if I liked the book and the last 26 waiting for it to end. The story or should I say the Premise sucked me in. Raquel Rose; nee Rachael Schultz is (mis)diagnosised with breast cancer. Her whole life changes and she decides she likes the new way everyone is treating her so she doesn’t tell them about her (mis)diagnosis. There is more family drama in this book then on an episode of Jerry Springer and Maury (combined). She can’t fix her life so she tries to fix everyone else’s. The funniest part happened on starting on page 333 and was over quickly! I don’t know who is dumber me for reading the book or her family for not figuring out that she was faking.… (altro)