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(Inheritance Collection: An Amazon Original)

A BookBud Review

By Julie Orringer

Finished 03/30/2020

Genre: Psychological Contemporary

Basic Plot: A new mother, bound to the hospital to deliver, is plagued by thought of her deceased mother and all the shortcomings faced that she is now scared to replicate. 

Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️

Readability: 2/5

Plot Interest: 1/5

Creativity: 3/5

I found this to be too unrelatable to really enjoy it. The writing is done well enough but I personally found the second person perspective combined with the choppy nature in the sentencing structure to come across as too curt and wound up working against one another. I couldn’t sink into the “characters” mindset at all with this combined with the topic itself. I didn’t find anything particularly alluring about this short story. 

I only gave it a 2 out of 5 for these reasons listed above but I think someone who could relate more to this character’s back story would find it to be more enticing. Generally, I try to not demote based on relatability considering it is subjective, but in this case the writing style also exacerbated this issue simultaneously making this a very “love it or hate it” work. I can see it’s potential but I found it to be boring due to the lack of connection although I do hope others can experience this in maybe a more personal light and enjoy this work for what it is trying to do. 

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