The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wednesday Letters
Book Review: Great read.
Summary: 5 Stars
Our Book club will be discussing this book next week. Already, many of the ladies have said they really enjoyed reading, "The Wednesday Letters".Book Review: Great, light, heart warming story
Summary: 4 Stars
A wonderful story that has a great life message: tell those you love that you love them. As someone who has lost three people in the last 12 months (1 homocide, 2 accidental overdoses) I've realized the importance of letting your loved ones know they matter. For me this book was a great reminder of that!Book Review: Great.
Summary: 4 Stars
When they said, "Good Condition".. they truly meant good condition. This previously owned book I purchased was in excellent condition and hardly looked touched. It arrived when said and the follow up emails letting me know when it had been sent and everything were very appreciated. It was my first purchase from amazon, and I will most definitely be using amazon again.Book Review: I don't know how this got published
Summary: 1 Stars
Weak writing ability.
This book skimmed on character building, the plot is all too obviously revealed, far too early, no mystery or suspense to the story, leaving the reader with no chance to wonder or hope.
You know where its going from page 1.
The Author doesn't take any time to create depth or interest. If he did, he failed dismally.
A bunch of mushy, wishful romanticized ideas, smooshed together.
The book tries to give you tid-bits and then pull it together but it doesn't weave an intricate or enticing tale, it is overly obvious and painfully cliched. Who hasn't heard of things like Full red lips, or ocean blue eyes, those kind of cliched adjectives ruined it.
It makes the south, South and Southerners appear even more backward than it and they are already.
It was really difficult to read because it was so blah. I had high hopes for this book, but was disappointed.
It perhaps should have been a paperback novel for $3 at the CVS.
A disappointing read and waste of money.
May be better told on screen, as there is a story there, waiting to be well told.
Book Review: I wanted to like it but, alas, I hated it. Really, really hated it.....
Summary: 1 Stars
I read this book because it was recommended to me as an inspiring book with an unusual twist. It ended up inspiring me to throw it across the room. I really disliked this book.
SPOILER ALERT: Don't read if you don't want to know.
First, let me say that I am a Christian so the pro-life parts of the book were appreciated by me. I also find the theme of forgiveness a wonderful one to explore in the context of a rape. The premise of family secrets being revealed through the weekly letters was an intriguing idea. Alas, everything else about this book was completely preposterous. I believe in the power of forgiveness but one can forgive without embracing the offender as part of your life. I'm certainly not going to make my RAPIST my pastor. And, wow, how many plot resolutions can you have in one night: the quickie resolution of Matthew's troubled marriage along with his wife's surprise announcement; "Mr. Tweed" , the man Malcolm beat up, shows up after the funeral with a sudden, inexplicable case of remorse after two years with his surprise announcement; Malcom learns that dear 'ol bio dad - the man who raped his mom - is, in fact, the pastor of the church and he is okay with that. We learn that Mom and Pop forgave him ( which is good ) and then HELPED him get his job as a pastor and helped overcome other people's reservations about his appointment. Yeah, right.... What's next.... let's hire the pedophile as the youth minister? I was okay with the forgiveness part but it all seemed highly, ridiculously unlikely as were all of the resolutions occurring in one single night.
The characters weren't well developed either. I didn't get any sense of any real grief at losing both parents. There was very little personality development. Most of the focus is on Malcolm but he was just annoying. The secondary characters were mere stereotypes.
I wanted to like this book. But having a good theme regarding the power of forgiveness does not excuse the unrealistic plot, poor characterization, and pedantic writing.