The Wednesday Letters
by Jason F. Wright
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Book Reviews of The Wednesday Letters
Book Review: Serious readers beware
Summary: 1 Stars
I just read this book for a book club, which is the only reason I made it through. There might be the bones of a story here, and if a good writer had gotten their hands on it, it could have fallen short of exasperating. (Where's John Irving when you need him?)
Any English teacher would have sent Mr. Wright back to the drawing board, explaining that throwing unnecessary, ham-fisted adjectives into the text is no substitute for actually developing characters or settings in a novel.
The three adult children who discover their dead parents' past through reading old letters are nearly as flat and cartoonish as the silent deceased themselves. Don't expect to understand anyone's motivations. Don't expect to understand why some people pop into the story and disappear again. Don't expect that plot points will turn out to mean anything. And don't expect to actually feel anything for anyone, even through the revelation of ostensibly deep family secrets.
Don't look for more than you'd get from watching a Lifetime movie.
In short, just don't.
If I could return this book to make the sales number drop by one, I would. If only I hadn't scrawled "WHY???" in half the pages' margins...
Book Review: A MUST READ
Summary: 4 Stars
The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright is a story that takes place in Woodstock, VA about three adult children who must deal with the unimanginable. Matthew, Samantha and Malcolm will lose both parents in one night. As the siblings are trying to deal with their grief, they learn a secret about their parents. They discover that every week of their parents' 39 year marriage that their father wrote their mother a letter. Yet, in the letters lies a true family secret that will lead the children to question everything they know and possibly spilt the family.
On top of discovering the family secret each child is troubled by their own personal situations. At the time of Jack and Laurel's death, Matt is a married successful business man but things aren't as they seem. Sam is a single mother with a deferred dream and Malcolm is the blacksheep of the family who's in trouble with the law.
As the siblings battle with grief, the truth, and their personal problems will the valuable lesson Jack and Laurel learned years ago be passed down to their children?
An unforgettable touching story about marriage, family and forgiveness.
Book Review: I don't know how this got published
Summary: 1 Stars
Weak writing ability.
This book skimmed on character building, the plot is all too obviously revealed, far too early, no mystery or suspense to the story, leaving the reader with no chance to wonder or hope.
You know where its going from page 1.
The Author doesn't take any time to create depth or interest. If he did, he failed dismally.
A bunch of mushy, wishful romanticized ideas, smooshed together.
The book tries to give you tid-bits and then pull it together but it doesn't weave an intricate or enticing tale, it is overly obvious and painfully cliched. Who hasn't heard of things like Full red lips, or ocean blue eyes, those kind of cliched adjectives ruined it.
It makes the south, South and Southerners appear even more backward than it and they are already.
It was really difficult to read because it was so blah. I had high hopes for this book, but was disappointed.
It perhaps should have been a paperback novel for $3 at the CVS.
A disappointing read and waste of money.
May be better told on screen, as there is a story there, waiting to be well told.
Book Review: Instant family
Summary: 4 Stars
What I liked most about this book is the essence, at least, I got out of it: We are all not perfect, but forgiveness is a powerful thing! The couple who are the center of the story pass away and their three upgrown children discover letters, their father wrote to his wife every wednesday.
The couple had a B&B hotel in Woodstock, so many guests come to give their last honor and at one point one says this place with these two amazing people made instant family.
This brought me to another couple I met some years ago and they wrote three books so far on "Instantaneous Transformation" - Ariel & Shya Kane.How to Create a Magical Relationship: The 3 Simple Ideas that Will Instantaneously Transform Your Love Life Yes, instant friendship is possible and if you like to discover how to live your life truthful with true forgiveness and the magic of the moment, check them out!
And read this book, it's a wonderful love story, touching and you might find yourself in one of the many colored characters Jason Wright draws.
Book Review: A Treasure!
Summary: 5 Stars
A couple months ago I saw "The Wednesday Letters" at the local bookstore and then requested it from the library. Of course, when it actually came in, I had a pile of other reading to get through. I'm so glad that I took the time the past couple of days to read this. What a treasure this book by Jason F. Wright is! Not only is it a great love story, but it is also profoundly pro-life and offers lessons in forgiveness and second chances.
Laurel and Jack Cooper died on the same night after thirty-nine years of marriage. When their children come home for their funeral, they discover box upon box of letters. Jack wrote Laurel a letter every Wednesday of their lives together. In reading these letters, their children discover many things that they never knew, especially one buried family secret. The children need to make peace with the past, and in so doing, create a new future.
"The Wednesday Letters" is a must-read. You won't regret spending time with this story.