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A review by sarahscupofcoffee
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
5.0
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I honestly thought Landline was one of her first books. It was her fourth. I was using that as an excuse not to read it, well that and that it's not really a young adult book. It's classified as general fiction at my local public library. Anyway! I was shocked that Landline was written after Eleanor and Park. I'm a huge Rainbow fan. Attachments is the only one that I haven't read yet (not including the sequel to Carry On, which is coming out later this year!!).
Okay, so as cheesy as the plot line was, this is an amazing piece of fiction. I almost didn't want to read it because it sounded stupid. The plot sounded weak. A magic phone that calls the past? That didn't really hook me, but the characters did. I read it because I am a Rainbow loyalist. I'm so glad that I did.
From a writer's perspective, the way this story was put together was genius! It was slow-paced, which was going to be in my negative column at first. Not anymore. It needed to be slow-paced. Think about it. A phone that calls a past-version of her husband... we need to know what that past-version husband was like. There were a lot of scenes that happened in the past, which I typically don't like. I don't like books that flash between past and present scenes, but Rainbow did it beautifully. She took a half-assed plot line (in my humble opinion) and polished it into something that we could easily binge-read.
If you're looking for an easy, humor-filled novel to read through, this is your book! I would classify this as a great summer read, but it's set around Christmas, so that just seems wrong. So, I dare you to read it this summer!
Again, my negatives for this book are double-edged swords. I didn't like the slow-pacing (even though it was necessary) and I don't like the name of the main character (which is ridiculous and personal) and I didn't like how sucked in I got.
Her name. I hate the name Georgie. I think it's because every time I hear it, I think of Pennywise's creepy voice whispering it. Irrational and personal. I also didn't like one of her kids. Again, irrational. The "meow" thing (you'll get it if you read it) was annoying.
Then there's the intensity of the book. I got sucked in. This is usually a good thing. I didn't like it because I felt Georgie's pain. I felt the strain between her and her husband and I read a lot. I read between 50-150 pages each day. By the end of my reading "session," I felt as though my boyfriend and I were having relationship issues. How crazy is that? I would have to text him while he's working with an "I love you" or a heart emoji, just to bring myself back into my own life and out of hers.
Bottom Line: I love this book and I love her books. Reading this book makes me want to re-read her other ones. Or maybe I'll jump into Attachments, and then read her other ones!
Bravo Rainbow!
I honestly thought Landline was one of her first books. It was her fourth. I was using that as an excuse not to read it, well that and that it's not really a young adult book. It's classified as general fiction at my local public library. Anyway! I was shocked that Landline was written after Eleanor and Park. I'm a huge Rainbow fan. Attachments is the only one that I haven't read yet (not including the sequel to Carry On, which is coming out later this year!!).
Okay, so as cheesy as the plot line was, this is an amazing piece of fiction. I almost didn't want to read it because it sounded stupid. The plot sounded weak. A magic phone that calls the past? That didn't really hook me, but the characters did. I read it because I am a Rainbow loyalist. I'm so glad that I did.
From a writer's perspective, the way this story was put together was genius! It was slow-paced, which was going to be in my negative column at first. Not anymore. It needed to be slow-paced. Think about it. A phone that calls a past-version of her husband... we need to know what that past-version husband was like. There were a lot of scenes that happened in the past, which I typically don't like. I don't like books that flash between past and present scenes, but Rainbow did it beautifully. She took a half-assed plot line (in my humble opinion) and polished it into something that we could easily binge-read.
If you're looking for an easy, humor-filled novel to read through, this is your book! I would classify this as a great summer read, but it's set around Christmas, so that just seems wrong. So, I dare you to read it this summer!
Again, my negatives for this book are double-edged swords. I didn't like the slow-pacing (even though it was necessary) and I don't like the name of the main character (which is ridiculous and personal) and I didn't like how sucked in I got.
Her name. I hate the name Georgie. I think it's because every time I hear it, I think of Pennywise's creepy voice whispering it. Irrational and personal. I also didn't like one of her kids. Again, irrational. The "meow" thing (you'll get it if you read it) was annoying.
Then there's the intensity of the book. I got sucked in. This is usually a good thing. I didn't like it because I felt Georgie's pain. I felt the strain between her and her husband and I read a lot. I read between 50-150 pages each day. By the end of my reading "session," I felt as though my boyfriend and I were having relationship issues. How crazy is that? I would have to text him while he's working with an "I love you" or a heart emoji, just to bring myself back into my own life and out of hers.
Bottom Line: I love this book and I love her books. Reading this book makes me want to re-read her other ones. Or maybe I'll jump into Attachments, and then read her other ones!
Bravo Rainbow!