Blurb:
"Welcome to the Little Rock marina – where hearts are healed and dreams are made…
For the last two years Nell Andrews has been struggling to stay afloat. As her life tumbled down around her, the only safety net has been her cosy canal boat, The Nollie. Tucked away inside, Nell has found a place to heal her broken heart. And now she’s ready to move on and follow her dream…
Gorgeous Guy Cornish, with his easy Irish charm, makes him an instant hit with everyone at the marina, and the perfect person to help Nell with her project. But Guy has his own reasons for being at the marina, and a past that threatens to sink Nell’s dream…"
My Review:
I am so confused. I was really excited for this book because it has 4.4 stars on Goodreads. It has great reviews and so many people raved about it. And I really just don't understand why.
The Cosy Canal Boat Dream took me F O R E V E R to get into. Seriously. Every time I started reading it I feel asleep. Or got distracted by something more interesting, which, well, is pretty much anything else.
It's not that I hated it because I didn't. It's just that the writing just wasn't smooth. At all. It didn't flow. There were so many comma splices, choppy sentences and I'm not even joking one time the author wrote the wrong character's name. She meant to write Bea but instead wrote Nell. Or maybe it was the other way around. Or maybe my issue is that 95% of the time I didn't know who was talking.
The dialogue also did not flow. It seemed forced, unnatural and full of cliches. Seriously - "charm her socks off!", "there's more to this than meets the eye!" and "that would be grand!" are just not normal, daily life dialogue.
It's been a while since I found chick lit I couldn't get into. I think that's why I'm so confused. I love chick lit - I eat it up. But Cosy Canal Boat Dream - just no.
I did force myself to finish it. I don't remember the last time I started a book and didn't finish it (probably college - ha). And it was okay. Sorta meh. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but I also wouldn't say I completely disliked it.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperImpulse for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
My Rating:
I am so confused. I was really excited for this book because it has 4.4 stars on Goodreads. It has great reviews and so many people raved about it. And I really just don't understand why.
The Cosy Canal Boat Dream took me F O R E V E R to get into. Seriously. Every time I started reading it I feel asleep. Or got distracted by something more interesting, which, well, is pretty much anything else.
It's not that I hated it because I didn't. It's just that the writing just wasn't smooth. At all. It didn't flow. There were so many comma splices, choppy sentences and I'm not even joking one time the author wrote the wrong character's name. She meant to write Bea but instead wrote Nell. Or maybe it was the other way around. Or maybe my issue is that 95% of the time I didn't know who was talking.
The dialogue also did not flow. It seemed forced, unnatural and full of cliches. Seriously - "charm her socks off!", "there's more to this than meets the eye!" and "that would be grand!" are just not normal, daily life dialogue.
It's been a while since I found chick lit I couldn't get into. I think that's why I'm so confused. I love chick lit - I eat it up. But Cosy Canal Boat Dream - just no.
I did force myself to finish it. I don't remember the last time I started a book and didn't finish it (probably college - ha). And it was okay. Sorta meh. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but I also wouldn't say I completely disliked it.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperImpulse for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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