A Wedding In December - Anita Shreve > Reviews

Advantages: A good solid read
Disadvantages: No great plot twists and turns

Anita Shreve ************ Anita Shreve is a writer I first discovered with her book ‘The Pilot’s Wife’ – a scarily prescient novel about a plane crash in which there is a terrorist sub-plot. Reading her 2005 novel ‘A Wedding in December’, it was strange to see her return to those events as a subtle circumstantial sub-topic of a much broader tale of private and public loss and grief. Shreve isn’t one of the writers for whom I’d rush out to the ... Read review

A perfect book for a quick read without much effort. I was given this book for free and if given the chance would not spend much money on it...best advice steal from a friend or borrow from your local library. Not a story to come back to time and time again.

Advantages: Good study of characters and true to life
Disadvantages: none

...and I found it gives a good feel of this areas which adds to the enjoyment of her books. You are drawn into the different relationships of old school friends, as she writes of the emotions and experiences that most readers would relate to. The book is a good read, and gripping in its own way as the story of the two main characters, Harrison and Nora,works out. Anita writes honestly and openly about feelings, but in non-emotional manner. I would ... Read review