Negative Positive
Title: Disappointing
Review: I had high hopes for this book as I enjoyed the Secret Life of Bees so much. However, I ended up very disppointed. I finished the book, but wanted it to end quickly. I think what I disliked most was the main character, Jessie. For me, she is believable at first with regard to her history, her mother and issues with her husband. The whole whirlwind, selfish, infatuation with a monk, whom she met briefly 1 or 2 times and immediately fell IN LOVE with was too unbelievable to me. The fact that he's a monk doesn't come much into play for her, which is also somewhat bogus for me. Although I'm probably in the minority, I think that the book could have been written and made interesting w/o the whole affair w/the monk. The issues with her father's death and her mother were the real interesting part for me, the rest unbelievable. Disappointing ending.
Is the review positive or negative? 