I did feel very sorry for Kate throughout the book, it was clear that she was suffering some form of depression as she kept forgetting her own daughter existed and was struggling financially as well as emotionally, and I felt perhaps the author was using this more a comic tool than as seriously as it should have been. Her husband Robert was clearly having trouble as well, which at first started as something funny but soon because serious like the rest of the book, although the change in his tone was fully understandable.
The characters were very well written and I did enjoy their stories, albeit even if their lives did seem a tad bleak! The book covers a period of three months from April through to June, and I found the focus on the characters changed through this period as well. It started off being completely about Kate's family but as the book moved into May, and then June, Kate's family was seldom mentioned and we followed the lives of other families in the road.
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva by Sarah May
I felt that this was a nice change but unfortunately they were more depressing than Kate, and certainly more mixed up and there just seemed no end to the sadness for the families. It would have been nice to see a light at the end of the tunnel at some point, but at least the book seemed to continue along the same vein throughout.
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It's well written which does make you want to keep reading, but I did find myself hoping hard more than once for something nice to happen to the families of Prendergast Road! Although there are quite a lot of characters in the book because it follows different families, I didn't find it too hard to follow as I have done in the past with similar books because the characters were easily identifiable. I did enjoy the read and Sarah May has produced a good grown-up read here, delving deep into the world of elitist schools and how these high expectations effect those aiming for those places.
A very good read. For a lighter look at local competition you might like to read our review of Notting Hell by Rachel Johnson.
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Her husband Robert is having problems at the school were he is a teacher. Most of the men in Prendergast Road are more interested in Jessica, the single mum, than in their own wives. None of them seem to have a good marriage and they are all portrayed as a bit silly and not quite part of the household. At a street party organised by the Committee a number of crises come to a head, involving mainly the Hunter family and Jessica and her children.
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The book was fun to read although the circumstances were vastly overdone. Filed under Books Tagged with book review , chick-lit , fiction.
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About Leeswammes I'm owner and editor at bookhelpline. But your review makes me again want to read this book:. I also liked the setting, London, where there are so many ambitious families trying to get the best for their children. I love this review!
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I found myself having to put it down for a while now and then, and it is definitely NOT for the squeamish. Eerste Hoofdstukken — You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva by Sarah May
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