March Book Club Discussion thread

[christy082]

Post your thoughts on A Walk in the Park here!

[christy082]

I thought it was okay. I rate it 3/5.

Some random thoughts:

I thought there were too many subplots going on (Enjay, Harry, Don, Evie, etc.). Just felt a bit disjointed to me at times.

Flynn purposely using Annabelle to make Lara jealous.. and Lara not being a little pissed off about that, seems unlikely.

There were definitely some funny moments. I liked the book but found it predictable. I'm glad I borrowed it from the library and didn't spend any money on it.

[hopecounts]

It was cute.
Not great but not bad.
I agree that there were too many subplots, it would've been a stronger book if she had left out a few of them and focused more on the main story.

[charlatti]

Out of curiosity, how did this particular book make the list of choices? Is this a well-known chick lit author or a well-known book? I had never heard of it before, so I wondered where it came from. (I still haven't read it yet, but I'll jump in once I have.)

[christy082]

Mar 25, 2014 9:47:55 GMT -5 charlatti said:

Out of curiosity, how did this particular book make the list of choices? Is this a well-known chick lit author or a well-known book? I had never heard of it before, so I wondered where it came from. (I still haven't read it yet, but I'll jump in once I have.)

I'm not sure. Either someone suggested it or someone suggested the author and I picked it. I put all the suggestions in the poll and it won.

[mrspez07]

I thought it was pretty decent as far as chick lit goes. A bit surprising in spots and a bit predictable too.
I really needed a easy quick read so the timing was perfect.
I like that it took place in Bath, a little less predictable than London or another big city..

I felt the writing was fluid and smooth, including the flow of the days and lives of the characters until about 2/3 through, then it jumped forward and started hitting important events instead of just day to day. It was like the author noticed she was so far in and it was time to wrap it up.

[Wallflower]

I really liked it until it just got to be a little too much with all the characters. And I never quite felt like Lara ever really acknowledged that she had a choice to contact Flynn. It felt like she believed she was 100% in the right and should be praised, when really she was just martyring herself a bit.

And did anyone else catch that bit when they're in the park and the man she thought could be her father (I forget his name) ... he collapses and she yells out to someone to call 911? Which would be 999 in England. Made me wonder if the book had been edited for American audiences, or if it was just an oversight. But I did look it up and apparently in certain countries, you can call the emergency number you're used to and it will get re-routed correctly.

[fayeelle]

I'd give this book about  3 * I didn't hate the book but I also wouldn't recommend it unless I knew someone was looking for something in this genre.

It was an easy read for sure. But I agree.....too many subplots. For awhile there I had to ask myself why the hell I cared about this person and hoping there would be some relevance later on in the story.

Quite a few things stood out as unrealistic (to me anyway), mainly the whole happy ending for everyone thing. But that's probably why I don't usually read a lot of chic lit I suppose.