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Review of Bobbie Lamont
Reviewed by Kathryn Bennett for Readers' Favorite
Bobbie Lamont by Zelmer Wilson is a fairy tale set in 2010.
Bobbie Lamont is a successful woman who has given up on finding love for herself after a bitter divorce. That is when she discovers a man she dated twenty years ago has written a book inspired by their relationship, a book that ends up unlocking a lot of memories for Bobbie and reminds her that she just may be able to find love again. Not only does she find that she can fall in love again, but she finds herself falling for Miller all over again.
I always enjoy a a good love story and this one hit the spot for me. Going through a divorce myself right now, I felt very connected to the title character. When you go through an emotional feeling like divorce you truly do think that love is no longer on the cards for you. This book has a fantastic flow and you can tell that Zelmer Wilson put a lot of thought into every word. I enjoyed Bobbie's journey and the memories that surfaced from reading the book. I felt engaged with every page and I had a hard time putting this one down. If you are looking for a solid and realistic love story with characters you will grow to love, this is going to be a book you will enjoy. I would highly recommend it.
Bobbie Lamont by Zelmer Wilson is a fairy tale set in 2010.
Bobbie Lamont is a successful woman who has given up on finding love for herself after a bitter divorce. That is when she discovers a man she dated twenty years ago has written a book inspired by their relationship, a book that ends up unlocking a lot of memories for Bobbie and reminds her that she just may be able to find love again. Not only does she find that she can fall in love again, but she finds herself falling for Miller all over again.
I always enjoy a a good love story and this one hit the spot for me. Going through a divorce myself right now, I felt very connected to the title character. When you go through an emotional feeling like divorce you truly do think that love is no longer on the cards for you. This book has a fantastic flow and you can tell that Zelmer Wilson put a lot of thought into every word. I enjoyed Bobbie's journey and the memories that surfaced from reading the book. I felt engaged with every page and I had a hard time putting this one down. If you are looking for a solid and realistic love story with characters you will grow to love, this is going to be a book you will enjoy. I would highly recommend it.
Review of Bobbie Lamont
Reviewed by Christine Nguyen for Readers' Favorite
Bobbie Lamont is about an author named Bobbie Lamont who has written two best-selling memoirs and is a successful free-lance journalist. She attends her 20-year reunion under the stressful circumstances of the breakup of her twelve-year marriage to her husband, Truman. He has left her for another woman from his office. Bobbie is feeling lonely and depressed, but the year she graduated from Tulane College, the summer of 1990, was a huge year for her – her on and off again college professor lover breaks up with her after graduation, and she meets a younger guy still in high school who she madly falls in love with. Twenty years later, a novel written about her love affair by her former younger flame, Miller Hoffman, sets off a series of events that leads Bobbie to discover her heart again.
Author Zelmer Wilson writes Bobbie Lamont with a naturalness that makes Bobbie a very likeable character, with her chain smoking and borderline alcoholism with vodka tonics. She is a protagonist that many women can relate to due to all her problems in middle age with her life and marriage falling apart. Her daughter, Billie Joe, and Aunt Gina keep scolding her for drinking too much, but Bobbie can’t seem to find a middle ground and is en route to becoming an alcoholic like her mother. This was a very entertaining story that is a light, fun read going down Memory Lane. Bobbie has all the foibles of women, which makes her very relatable to readers. I enjoyed this book and Bobbie.
Bobbie Lamont is about an author named Bobbie Lamont who has written two best-selling memoirs and is a successful free-lance journalist. She attends her 20-year reunion under the stressful circumstances of the breakup of her twelve-year marriage to her husband, Truman. He has left her for another woman from his office. Bobbie is feeling lonely and depressed, but the year she graduated from Tulane College, the summer of 1990, was a huge year for her – her on and off again college professor lover breaks up with her after graduation, and she meets a younger guy still in high school who she madly falls in love with. Twenty years later, a novel written about her love affair by her former younger flame, Miller Hoffman, sets off a series of events that leads Bobbie to discover her heart again.
Author Zelmer Wilson writes Bobbie Lamont with a naturalness that makes Bobbie a very likeable character, with her chain smoking and borderline alcoholism with vodka tonics. She is a protagonist that many women can relate to due to all her problems in middle age with her life and marriage falling apart. Her daughter, Billie Joe, and Aunt Gina keep scolding her for drinking too much, but Bobbie can’t seem to find a middle ground and is en route to becoming an alcoholic like her mother. This was a very entertaining story that is a light, fun read going down Memory Lane. Bobbie has all the foibles of women, which makes her very relatable to readers. I enjoyed this book and Bobbie.
Review of Nothing but Trouble
Reviewed By Rabia Tanveer for Readers’ Favorite
Nothing but Trouble by Zelmer Wilson is about Bobbie Lamont. She is not your typical girl. She used to prefer books over boys and she only has one friend, Billie Carver. Instead of going away to college, she decided to stay with her parents and attend Tulane University. After attending an all-girls Catholic school called St. Augustine Academy for Girls, she was very excited to see what life will bring her. That turns out to be Malcolm.
After getting her heart broken by two boys before him, Malcolm felt like a gift to Bobbie; little did she know that Malcolm's love would be short lived as well. Two months after that, he has to leave to attend Columbia University to get his master’s degree. It is an opportunity that he should not miss and he does not want to. Bobbie does not want him to leave, but she has no choice. When the day comes, he kisses her goodbye and walks out of her life. As her life takes an unsuspecting turn, she takes joy in writing and reading. Her friendship with her only friend is threatened after her goodbye to Malcolm. With outside forces trying to break up the two girls and test their friendship, they will have to make the decision to stay or cut each other loose.
Zelmer Wilson wrote a beautifully complicated story. The story had so many facets - at one point we see the friendship problems between the two girls, and at another point we are seeing Bobbie dealing with boys and sexual tension. There is so much happening in the story, but all the elements are well thought out and told through beautiful prose. A job well done by Zelmer Wilson. I really enjoyed it!
Nothing but Trouble by Zelmer Wilson is about Bobbie Lamont. She is not your typical girl. She used to prefer books over boys and she only has one friend, Billie Carver. Instead of going away to college, she decided to stay with her parents and attend Tulane University. After attending an all-girls Catholic school called St. Augustine Academy for Girls, she was very excited to see what life will bring her. That turns out to be Malcolm.
After getting her heart broken by two boys before him, Malcolm felt like a gift to Bobbie; little did she know that Malcolm's love would be short lived as well. Two months after that, he has to leave to attend Columbia University to get his master’s degree. It is an opportunity that he should not miss and he does not want to. Bobbie does not want him to leave, but she has no choice. When the day comes, he kisses her goodbye and walks out of her life. As her life takes an unsuspecting turn, she takes joy in writing and reading. Her friendship with her only friend is threatened after her goodbye to Malcolm. With outside forces trying to break up the two girls and test their friendship, they will have to make the decision to stay or cut each other loose.
Zelmer Wilson wrote a beautifully complicated story. The story had so many facets - at one point we see the friendship problems between the two girls, and at another point we are seeing Bobbie dealing with boys and sexual tension. There is so much happening in the story, but all the elements are well thought out and told through beautiful prose. A job well done by Zelmer Wilson. I really enjoyed it!
Another review of Nothing but Trouble
Reviewed By Natasha Jackson for Readers’ Favorite
Nothing But Trouble is the story of Bobbie Lamont, a recent high school graduate who is about to start the craziest, most tumultuous years of her young life. Especially regarding men. Bobbie falls in and out of love a lot, and living with her parents at that age just makes her life more stressful, particularly her strained relationship with her mother. But beyond Bobbie’s failed attempts at love, Zelmer Wilson’s story is about the friendship between Bobbie and Billie. Theirs was a friendship with staying power, surviving bullies, broken hearts, four hard years of college and moving on. Billie was her rock as she constantly pursued the wrong men in a misguided attempt to forge her own identity.
This story was an interesting coming of age tale that focused on Bobbie and her friendship with Billie. I felt that Billie was an underdeveloped secondary character when her presence was so essential to the story, but when she was in a scene it was more real. The way Zelmer Wilson writes is plainspoken, but it works for these New Orleans based characters. What they say is real and you don’t need to be a master of subtext to get it, which I think is a credit to the author. This was by no means a typical coming of age story, but it was filled with emotions and mistakes and growth, which is what those vitally important four years is all about. I was happy to see Bobbie try to break out of certain molds that had been created for her or self-crafted; it showed real growth that makes you want to know what happens next.
Nothing But Trouble is the story of Bobbie Lamont, a recent high school graduate who is about to start the craziest, most tumultuous years of her young life. Especially regarding men. Bobbie falls in and out of love a lot, and living with her parents at that age just makes her life more stressful, particularly her strained relationship with her mother. But beyond Bobbie’s failed attempts at love, Zelmer Wilson’s story is about the friendship between Bobbie and Billie. Theirs was a friendship with staying power, surviving bullies, broken hearts, four hard years of college and moving on. Billie was her rock as she constantly pursued the wrong men in a misguided attempt to forge her own identity.
This story was an interesting coming of age tale that focused on Bobbie and her friendship with Billie. I felt that Billie was an underdeveloped secondary character when her presence was so essential to the story, but when she was in a scene it was more real. The way Zelmer Wilson writes is plainspoken, but it works for these New Orleans based characters. What they say is real and you don’t need to be a master of subtext to get it, which I think is a credit to the author. This was by no means a typical coming of age story, but it was filled with emotions and mistakes and growth, which is what those vitally important four years is all about. I was happy to see Bobbie try to break out of certain molds that had been created for her or self-crafted; it showed real growth that makes you want to know what happens next.
