It is a book that is written as if it is supposed to be funny, and because of that it goes over the top and is silly. It is hard to find a reason to keep reading it, aside from the fact that it is a reading group book. If you look at it more seriously, what is wrong with Eva?
The person who recommended this book to us commented that she found it shallow and not funny. H said it was funny to start with. Other comments were that it had great characters, it was very frivolous, very disgruntled when it ended - true- it was a poor ending in my view. There were two occasions in the middle of the book - Christmas and the faculty meeting about bonking in the broom cupboard that others said were brilliant.
It was suggested that it was a takeoff on so many things that happen in real life, but it ran out of steam. Not many families have an autistic husband and autistic twins. I suppose that that is part of the going over the top.
The author at the time that this book came out was legally blind, had received a kidney from her son and had degenerative arthritis that meant that she was in a wheelchair.
Marks from 3 to 8, average 6.
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