Views on Anita Shreve please

Oh, I think The Last Time they Met was truely amazing, her other books less so.

It starts off qute bring really, and gets better and quite dark and sad, it is one of my top reads. That last chapter and the twist in the tale, blew me away.

I like Joanna Trolope too, and Anita Brookner, but do nt think she is like either of them.

I've never managed to get through to even halfway of any that I've tried.

I think they are formulaic in terms of type of happy ending and character types but you have to admit she does use a variety of setting etc.

The Pilots Wife vs Light on Snow vs Fortunes Rocks - all very different.

I think the earlier ones especially are worth a read if you are looking for something light for holidays or a bit of escapism.

Y y, Hormonal has got it in one.
I loved The Pilot's Wife, then read Sea Glass- great too. Then I worked my way through most of the others from the library and they got pretty samey after a while. I don't bother with her new releases any more. Still, if you want to know what you're getting and you want something for on holiday or similar, worth a punt.

Not great! I read one in the summer - can't even remember what it was, which says it all. Absolutely no desire to bore myself bother again.

Weak.

I used to be a big fan and still love several of her novels but I think the recent ones are very formulaic and not as well written.

My favourites are Strange Fits of Passion, The Weight of Water and Eden Close.

I think there are similarities to Anita Brookner - the protaganist is often a disappointed woman.

I've tried a few Joanna Trollopes and couldn't get into them at all.

Mmm I've just finished one and have to say it wasn't a favourite. Fortune rocks. Not too keen on the subject either!

Hormonal - I think you might have just hit the nail on the head of why I don't read them any more!

I think read one and you have read them all.

Still it obviously works for her so why change a ££ winning formula ?

I think it really depends on the particular book. She's quite variable - I liked Sea Glass, The Weight of Water, Light on Snow but not so much Eden Close and a few of the others I can't remember the titles for at all.

I haven't read one for a while though - I used to quite like them for lying by the pool and getting through in a day, which is how I used to think about Joanna Trollope too, come to think about it.

I don't know about a cross - but I had to read one for work purposes (possible TV conversion from novel) and its romance for women really. Its sometimes fantastical / supernatural in a minor way. From a personal point of view, I didn't enjoy reading her, I felt cheated by her "surprise" endings that didn't sit with the rest of the tales. Sorry.