Book Review of The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks
**Rating: .5/5 stars**
Unrealistic, unrelatable, and boring.
This was a sad DNF for me at 25.1%.
The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks was a book I wanted to enjoy. I loved the cover, I loved the quirky title, I loved the reviews I'd read by other readers. I was ready to fall in love with this book. But...I couldn't. I had such a hard time connecting with this book that it took me two weeks to finally give up, a quarter of the way through.
Primm, the town Holly lives in, is the kind of cutesy, almost fairytale like town that would make me excited. It resonated a lot, for me anyway, with Stars Hollow and I was here for it. I was even here for the notes and the HOA debacle. That was good.
What I wasn't here for was Holly, her husband, and their dog (which sucks because I love dogs). Struggle just doesn't feel...like a dog. She gets into too much trouble, gets into too much excitement, and ends up really annoying more than anything else. Jack (I think that's his name) was just blah. An unsupportive husband who wrings his hands instead of helping his wife deal with their nutso dog? Yeah, it's 2020 and I'm not here for that lack of spousal support. And Holly...well...Holly was so hard to read I found myself cringing anytime she spoke.
Also, who tries to land a plane in a front yard? Like, c'mon people.
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and all of the opinions in this review are my own.
Unrealistic, unrelatable, and boring.
This was a sad DNF for me at 25.1%.
The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks was a book I wanted to enjoy. I loved the cover, I loved the quirky title, I loved the reviews I'd read by other readers. I was ready to fall in love with this book. But...I couldn't. I had such a hard time connecting with this book that it took me two weeks to finally give up, a quarter of the way through.
Primm, the town Holly lives in, is the kind of cutesy, almost fairytale like town that would make me excited. It resonated a lot, for me anyway, with Stars Hollow and I was here for it. I was even here for the notes and the HOA debacle. That was good.
What I wasn't here for was Holly, her husband, and their dog (which sucks because I love dogs). Struggle just doesn't feel...like a dog. She gets into too much trouble, gets into too much excitement, and ends up really annoying more than anything else. Jack (I think that's his name) was just blah. An unsupportive husband who wrings his hands instead of helping his wife deal with their nutso dog? Yeah, it's 2020 and I'm not here for that lack of spousal support. And Holly...well...Holly was so hard to read I found myself cringing anytime she spoke.
Also, who tries to land a plane in a front yard? Like, c'mon people.
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and all of the opinions in this review are my own.
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