The Friday Night Knitting Club | Kate Jacobs

The Friday Night Knitting Club | Kate Jacobs | Great, easy, read

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	The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs Berkley Trade, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 199 reviews view larger image
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Good airplane reading.

I enjoyed the book for what it was, (fun reading on a plane). It was a little more realistic than many of the books of this genre. Even though the book touched on race and religion a little, that could have been developed more. The main character is built up by her friends as being their rock, however, I don't really see why. She avoids conflict and avoids checking up on her health and her spiritual self when she really could have done better. I don't really see why she was so mad with her parents. Even though they weren't excited about the baby, her Dad did make a crib for goodness sake! Isn't that huge effort worth something?She really should have read James' letters when he sent them. A lot of heartache could have been avoided! Also, why did she take her daughter to Scotland when the daughter really wanted to go to Baltimore? Nevertheless - Many of the issues brought up in the story were very close to home and caused me to think a little (which I usually don't end up doing when I read this sort of book). Good effort for a first book.

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Great, easy, read

This is by no means an "easy read" as in silly chick lit...this novel deals with tough issues. However, you breeze through it because you fall in love with the characters. I finished this book in 3 days. EXCELLENT!

A Good, Fun Read...Not One of My Top Favorites Though

I felt like the story started out slow, but once the author delved into the world of each of these remarkable characters, I was able to get to know them and really be able to relate. That is when I started to enjoy the novel. All of the women come together to the knitting club, and this club is sort of the foundation that holds all these unique women together. And then there's Georgia, who is pretty much the glue that holds this foundation together. The reader will quickly fall in love with her and admire her for her sturdiness, compassion, and independence.
So far so good right? Yes! But the ending left me very upset because even though maybe it was inevitable how it should end, I think the author could have done a better job at concluding. Maybe that is where her lack of skill as a writer is demonstrated. Overall though, her writing was captivating, funny, and exceptional.

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