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November 03, 2008
Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs
Everyone I know has read The Friday Night Knitting Club
While I liked the characters--Georgia, Anita, Dakota--well-enough, the story always felt formulaic. They had everyone covered from all races, genders, socio-economic backgrounds. They had a crisis and a conflict. But it all seemed as if it were just plugged into a "mad lib" for novels. Theme? Knitting. Location? NY.
I never really connected with any of the characters because they were all too cliched. And while I finished the book, I wouldn't have cared if I didn't. I wouldn't have run out and replaced my copy if it had become strayed or stolen and what kind of recommendation is that for a book?
The ending left me angry. She chose the "tug at your heart strings" ending for the "mad libs" novel. Once you saw it coming, you had no doubt about what you were supposed to feel. She laid it all out for you. I like books that make me think about what I should feel. Make me, perhaps, question what I feel and why I feel it. This one didn't do that.
So as a bit of light reading, I guess. There's some knitting thrown in there but even that feels like it was looked up on wikipedia. Not one I would highly recommend.
** - Not terrible but hardly a page turner and definitely not a re-read.
Posted by michelle at November 3, 2008 09:22 AM
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