The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wednesday Letters
Book Review: Letters, Letters, Letters...
Summary: 5 Stars
Imagine living a full life, and writing a letter each week to the one you love the most. Wow! That is commitment, dedication, perseverance. Now, imagine being the child who finds a lifetime of letters from your father to your mother, each dated, telling of their life together, their deep love for each other, and their love for you.
This heart-wrenching story begins in bed, as a wife is taking care of her dying husband. From that moment on, the story keeps you turning page after page, wondering what will happen next, and how the three children will respond to their parents' death and their life...in letters.
Don't forget the attached letter at the end of the book, for it helps to wrap it all up. No peeking! This book is on my top ten list. Read it, then give it to a friend to read.
Book Review: Mediocre read; won't read this author again
Summary: 2 Stars
If Mr. Wright can make money writing these books, more power to him. Obviously there is a huge market for books of this nature. However, I look for more character development and less contrived situations, and if I want to be preached to, I'll go to church. It's the same problem I have with Nicholas Sparks books, and I no longer read his writings. It's okay to have characters with strong religious beliefs, but the best writing presents its morality in a much more subtle manner...it doesn't need to hit you over the head with it constantly.
I didn't buy this book; it was lent to me by an adult niece, and presumably she enjoyed it.
One nitpicky thing: the evening of the same day that the couple were discovered dead in their bed, their kids were lying on that same bed talking; and then a night or two later, their aunt was given that bedroom, and I guess the same mattress, to use during her stay. There's a huge "ick" factor for me in that...not to mention that (sorry if this is too graphic), when people pass away, there is often a release of bodily fluids that would presumably soak into the mattress. I work in an industry that deals with the aftermath of people's deaths, and generally when people die like that and are not discovered until much later, a special cleaning team has to be brought in to deal with the situation. So how plausible is it that that bed was usable, or that people would be comfortable sleeping in a bed in which someone had just died? Authors should pay attention to details like this and consult with experts if necessary to make sure the situations they present are realistic.
Book Review: Nice but uninspiring, simplistic writing and somewhat predictable
Summary: 3 Stars
With all the sap promoting this book on its cover, one would think they're getting into a Tuesdays With Morrie type of book and I was enthusiastic about buying and reading a novel of this type. Well, after a few chapters into the book, I was gaining disappointment and boredom.
The story begins with the old couple dying in each others arms, the children have to come back to care for the funeral arrangements and of course there is the good child, the bad child and the caretaker child. The bad child has a long lost love in the picture too - more predictable drama.
The premise of the book, the letters, has a wide appeal. However, the children don't have time in the book's timeframe to read all of the letters, nor does the reader ever get a sense of the vast amount of letters there are stashed by their father. They start out reading some letters and then skip around to obtain some answers in the letters to questions recently raised.
I didn't care for the book overall. As I said - in my opinion it was a simple read, too predictable and uninspiring. It didn't make me want to start writing letters to my husband or vice versa. In the story, the letters did raise questions and then answer them however would it have been better to let "sleeping dogs lie"? If the parents were so upstanding and wanted the child to know his history, why hope it will be discovered through over 40 years of personal letters?
I wouldn't recommend the book. Too much like bubblegum.
Book Review: Not as great as I hoped
Summary: 2 Stars
It honestly wasn't what i expected and wanted it to be. It is not a cute love story so beware!Book Review: One of the most disappointing books ever
Summary: 1 Stars
I didn't have very high expectations to begin with; I just needed a book for vacation. This was a doozy though. The characters were almost completely undeveloped - it felt as though it was written by [...] trying to fill up enough pages for a book. The names of the characters were so stupid it was hard to read - A&P, nick named after the supermarket but with no explanation why. I left my copy on the plane and feel sorry for the next person who reads it. A truly mind-numbing experience.