I’m starting to wonder if the problem is me…. but this book really did have serious problems. I need a good book, though! It’s beginning to get discouraging.
The Reluctant Tutor by Paula Hampton
(2000, American) 7/4/12
Grade: 2
Set at the turn of the century, this is the story of Kate Delaney, who has made arrangements to be apprenticed as an architect to Gabe Murray Senior – only to find his son instead. Gabe doesn’t believe women belong in business and he’s determined to make Kate give up and leave – but she has no intention of doing so.
This was a very frustrating book. It felt like the author had taken a 500 page book and randomly cut sections out of it to fit into 300 pages. The characters were inconsistent and the story jumped around – but at first I kept reading because the writing was good and the individual scenes really worked. But as it went on, I found myself getting more and more frustrated. I kept reading because I was interested in the plotline – the architecture aspect of the book was fascinating, but much to my annoyance, even that was dropped by the end. This came close to being a wall banger. At least it was a fast read.
Although there was a scene in the book involving a windmill, 95% of the book is set in NYC so I don’t understand the cover. Why make a book look like a Western when it’s really not?
Karen Wheless
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