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At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen
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This was one of the books picked for our Reading Glasses Postal Book Club and while I didn't get to finish it within the actual month I had it, I did want to make a valiant effort to finish it. While this is something I probably would have never finished if it wasn't for my friend Danielle and Sarah's reviews of this book, I'm glad I did.
I had found the audiobook for this one pretty early on and really enjoyed the narrator, so that's how I did the majority of this book. This book was kind of slow in the beginning, and because I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, I thought this book was going to be much more focused on the monster hunting. It wasn't. It was absolutely more of a romance book which isn't bad at all, just not what I was expecting.
Maddie is married to Ellis and they go with one of their friends to Scotland during World War 2 to hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. Once they get there it becomes evident that Ellis really has no desire to include her, just to control her, and steal the pills she was given by a doctor for "nerve issues". As the book goes on, Ellis becomes completely unlikeable and I honestly couldn't find a positive thing about the character. However, I really like how Gruen leads up to this. In the beginning, you want to give him the benefit of the doubt, he seems sweet, but as the book progresses you start to see who he really is as does Maddie.
Overall this book was a lot of fluff, and a nice break from what I've been reading lately which is a lot of more serious stuff. I am glad I spent my time on this book, and I did find myself really wanting to know what was going to happen to Maddie. I really enjoyed Gruen's writing style, and I'm so glad I picked this book up and saw it through.
This was one of the books picked for our Reading Glasses Postal Book Club and while I didn't get to finish it within the actual month I had it, I did want to make a valiant effort to finish it. While this is something I probably would have never finished if it wasn't for my friend Danielle and Sarah's reviews of this book, I'm glad I did.
I had found the audiobook for this one pretty early on and really enjoyed the narrator, so that's how I did the majority of this book. This book was kind of slow in the beginning, and because I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, I thought this book was going to be much more focused on the monster hunting. It wasn't. It was absolutely more of a romance book which isn't bad at all, just not what I was expecting.
Maddie is married to Ellis and they go with one of their friends to Scotland during World War 2 to hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. Once they get there it becomes evident that Ellis really has no desire to include her, just to control her, and steal the pills she was given by a doctor for "nerve issues". As the book goes on, Ellis becomes completely unlikeable and I honestly couldn't find a positive thing about the character. However, I really like how Gruen leads up to this. In the beginning, you want to give him the benefit of the doubt, he seems sweet, but as the book progresses you start to see who he really is as does Maddie.
Overall this book was a lot of fluff, and a nice break from what I've been reading lately which is a lot of more serious stuff. I am glad I spent my time on this book, and I did find myself really wanting to know what was going to happen to Maddie. I really enjoyed Gruen's writing style, and I'm so glad I picked this book up and saw it through.