I finished an audio book last week. Â It was The Orchardist: A Novel (P.S.)
It’s a book I have been listening to while I have been quilting the last four or more quilts on the quilting machine.
Did I love the book…No. Â Did I like the book…I really can’t say I did. Â It was just a book. Â I kept waiting and waiting for the twist or turn in the plot but it never really happened. Â I guess as I look back on the book, I don’t even know that there was a plot. Â I think maybe I have read too many mystery books. Â They seem to be telling the story and then all at once everything comes together with one or two sentences and suddenly it makes sense that there was a slow part to the book. Â That didn’t happen with this book. Â There was no “ending”. Â It just ended.
About half way into the book, I thought….maybe I should just quit. Â They I thought…no something will happen. Â It never did.
Rather than a book with a story, this was more like a slice of someone’s life.
I don’t recommend it….If I were reading it, I would have never stuck with the book. Â I looked at Amazon to see what others were saying about it…the book actually has four stars…I guess I missed something.
Has anyone else read it? Â What did you think?
To see what others are reading check out Patchwork Times’ Whatcha Reading post.
Thanks for the heads up about the book. I don’t like novels that take a slice of a persons life and describes it with no real story line. Gap Creek was like that. I finished reading it for the same reasons you described, thinking it would eventually have a point or purpose. Very disappointing to spend time on a book that I don’t really enjoy.
Jo, awhile back you had a tutorial for a light bar on your longarm. Now that I left my awesome quilt studios great lighting I would like to see what you did. Thanks!
Sometimes that happens with movies – you keep thinking something must be about to happen and it just never does. Cover looks good though. LOL
I haven’t read it, but I’m not crazy about that kind of book, either, so I expect I won’t. =)
I probably would choose this book according to the rating you mention, but I’m glad that you gave your opinion. After hearing your review, I would probably pass it up! Thanks for sharing!
I read this book for my book club, and I’ve got to say I agree with Jo. There was something lacking and I never really felt drawn in to the book. The closest thing that Coplin had to a plot pittered out without having come to a real climax. The idea was interesting, but the execution was wanting. Also, I kinda got annoyed that Coplin used the word “sated” a little too often. Using a word like that 3+ times in a novel is obnoxious. There are lots of synonyms for the term. The English language is cool like that.
Sorry, but that’s just a pet peave of mine. :)