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β β βββ - a 2 star Read at best.Β
The job of a book critic is to look at the details. Flourish their wand of judgement and distinguish between what's a good lesson and a bad. Sometimes, a critic has to see the world black and white. I tend to be one of those critics who talk about how the book has shaped them and touched them, but today, my review is solely black and white.Β
That is to say, this book hasn't touched me one bit. Not my heart, not my intellect, nothing whatsoever.Β
This book was never on my tbr but I found myself buying this 2 weeks ago and I thought 'you know what? I've read way too many classics now let's go a bit easy with my book picks and relax a bit' so I chose this book thinking it might be a murder mystery or a feel goody book about a woman who rises up from ashes to build herself. Little did I know that this book would be a book full of twists and turns but lack story and volume.Β
Truly disappointed is an understatement. I had high hopes for this book because the title looked intriguing, almost mystical. Albeit, I was greeted withΒ Jenkin's simple but pleasing writing in monique's pov, but the story is too much of a 'pick-me book'. There is no concrete plot, rather a repetitive one. It had minor life lessons. It felt like a person who was overconfident, Evelyn felt like a person who was full of herself. The 7 husbands are nothing but repetitive versions of each other, served for the same purpose. There lies a twist in midst of this book which I am also not a big fan of. It seemed too generic and something the readers of the contemporary Times would want, it doesn't seem like a story written for the author with the authors life stories. It felt fake and unauthentic.
Some of the lessons it did have is also generic but being a bookworm I felt the need to give the book a chance and annotate just a few lines with some striking comment. Overall, 2 stars for Jenkin's writing skills and for the lesson 'money isn't everything'.Β
I hope y'all are having a great day! Best of luck for something new today β₯οΈΒ