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Never Can Say Goodbye by Christina Jones (view source)
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It wouldn’t be chick lit without a splash of romance, and there’s plenty here, but something seemed a bit off to me, and I wasn’t as engaged with the characters as I might have been, barely caring whether or not they ended up together. There are plenty of quirky characters…perhaps too many, and I was left longing for some normality. The added twist of ghostly happenings exacerbated this – it felt like a step too far, as if the author was trying to introduce as many twists and turns as possible while a simple story about the shop would actually have been quite nice.
One thing you couldn’t criticize about the book is the speed with which the story develops, as it certainly gets going early on and you’re not left wondering when the mysteries will finally kick in. That said, I didn’t find the writing was a slick as some, and it didn’t immediately grab and engage me in the way the likes of [[:Category:Jodi Picoult|odi Picoult]] or [[:Category:Diane Chamberlain|Diane Chamberlain]] consistently do.
I don’t mean to imply that it’s a waste of a book because I did quite enjoy it, but was left disappointed because I felt it didn’t achieve its full potential. It’s perfectly passable as one of many books you’re planning to read, but it’s not the sort I would recommend as your only reading material on a long flight or train journey.