The Wednesday Letters
by Jason F. Wright
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Book Reviews of The Wednesday Letters
Book Review: Borrow, don't buy
Summary: 2 Stars
A 2-hour book that probably wasted my 2 hours. Nothing happened. No lively, interesting characters; no lively, interesting letters. A fairly heavy-handed message of redemption and forgiveness, shoveled out with a lot of cliches.
A couple dies, and their three children read letters from the father. After the book is over, I still don't know the three children who are the main characters. Who is Malcolm? An angry, embittered man who overnight becomes loving and stable. Who is Samantha? A girl who wanted to act, but for some reason became a police officer. Who is Matthew? I have no idea. That is totally all you know of these characters.
In the end, I didn't care what happened to any of them.
Book Review: WL stands for "Wasteful Literature"
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was the biggest waste of time for me. Thanks to my local library, I didn't pay for it! It was sentimental, unrealistic (come on, adult children don't act like that when they lose both parents on the same day!), overly religious in tone, and just plain awful! Would not have bothered but it was for a book discussion. It ranged from scenes of outrageously angry people to an adolescent cancer patient's (yes, I know this disease happening in a child is a sad, unfortunately realistic situation for many) seeing Stonewall Jackson on his deathbed. There was way too much talk about prayer and then the funeral went on for three days! If anyone needs Syrup of Ipecac, try this first! It might work faster.Book Review: A book you can read over and over again
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved The Wednesday Letters. It stands as one of my favorite books. It captures the essence of the family that is brought together by their parents' deaths so well. It's an inspiring story about regret, remembrance, love and finding out who you are in life. I've read this multiple times and given it to people as gifts because it has struck me as such a timeless novel. It's funny yet brings about truths in the novel that are welcomed by a reader with an open heart. The letters are fascinating to read and I love the story that unfolds with the letters and the current situation in the book. I would definitely pick this up-- It's great.Book Review: Quickly eager to know the main characters.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Wednesday Letters is very skillfully written. To start off the book with the parents dieing in each others arms had me thinking of reading "The Notebook".
I wanted to know their three children and what they were going to discover about their lives through the letters. I was eager to go to the next chapter and find out what the family secret was that had been so carefully hidden from the children. It was a book that pulled me in quickly and kept me there. I came across many chapters that jerked at my heart for the children. Some laughing and some tears while I read on to the shocking and surprising ending.
Book Review: "romantic"? yikes.
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm actually a little surprised I made it all the way through this one. It was a short read -- I guess it DOES have that going for it. Otherwise, this is typical pappy crap, with a little too much religious sentiment for my taste. I was actually relieved that the author was a man, because this book very neatly proved that men can also write sentimental, "romantic" drivel. Of course, who else but a man could so overly simplify and romanticize motherhood as the end-all and be-all of a woman's life? Read this only if you regularly say the phrase "family values" without invoking a sense of irony.