Overall Rating- 3.75
Cleanliness Rating- 3- For mild language (including the F-word) and mention of sexual content (nothing descriptive or graphic though)
Second Chance explores the way one man's death affects the lives of his friends. Tom Fitzgerald, a Brit living in the States, is only 39 when he kisses his wife and children good-bye and boards a doomed train. After a terrorist attack on an Amtrak train kills Tom, his death serves as the catalyst for changes in the lives of four estranged schoolmates he left behind in England. In the wake of his death, his friends, some of whom haven't seen in each other in nearly two decades, come together to remember him. Despite one night of passion, Holly and Tom remained best friends, and she thinks she is content with her picture-perfect life despite a lack of love for her workaholic husband until she reconnects with Tom's charismatic, introspective younger brother. Olivia takes a chance on a man Tom set her up with shortly before he died. An actress in L.A., Saffron has fallen in love with one of Hollywood's sexiest stars, but she is growing tired of waiting for him to leave his loveless marriage. Paul and Anna couldn't love each other more, but her inability to conceive a child mars their happy marriage. Tom's death reignites their friendship, causes them to reevaluate their lives and sends them marching toward a warm fuzzy conclusion.
I really liked this book. It’s typical chicklit, but with a bit more adult themes to it. Jane Green (Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, Babyville, The Other Woman, and Swapping Lives) is a favorite author of mine. Her writing is fun, fast paced and easy to read. She is a British author, which I love. I like all the fun British terminology in the book and I like imaging the characters with the cute British accents (especially the male characters, because I just think a man with a British accent is totally sexy!) I would have liked more of a love story (because I’m a sucker for love stories). This novel is more about four friends each going through their own kind of mid life crisis and helping each other through them. I liked the mail character, Holly. I could relate to her in some ways and really felt for her and what she goes through. You don’t really get to know the other characters very well. There aren’t too many surprises in this book and it’s pretty predictable, but it concludes nicely. So, overall, I’m glad I read this book and found it entertaining.
Cleanliness Rating- 3- For mild language (including the F-word) and mention of sexual content (nothing descriptive or graphic though)
Second Chance explores the way one man's death affects the lives of his friends. Tom Fitzgerald, a Brit living in the States, is only 39 when he kisses his wife and children good-bye and boards a doomed train. After a terrorist attack on an Amtrak train kills Tom, his death serves as the catalyst for changes in the lives of four estranged schoolmates he left behind in England. In the wake of his death, his friends, some of whom haven't seen in each other in nearly two decades, come together to remember him. Despite one night of passion, Holly and Tom remained best friends, and she thinks she is content with her picture-perfect life despite a lack of love for her workaholic husband until she reconnects with Tom's charismatic, introspective younger brother. Olivia takes a chance on a man Tom set her up with shortly before he died. An actress in L.A., Saffron has fallen in love with one of Hollywood's sexiest stars, but she is growing tired of waiting for him to leave his loveless marriage. Paul and Anna couldn't love each other more, but her inability to conceive a child mars their happy marriage. Tom's death reignites their friendship, causes them to reevaluate their lives and sends them marching toward a warm fuzzy conclusion.
I really liked this book. It’s typical chicklit, but with a bit more adult themes to it. Jane Green (Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr. Maybe, Bookends, Babyville, The Other Woman, and Swapping Lives) is a favorite author of mine. Her writing is fun, fast paced and easy to read. She is a British author, which I love. I like all the fun British terminology in the book and I like imaging the characters with the cute British accents (especially the male characters, because I just think a man with a British accent is totally sexy!) I would have liked more of a love story (because I’m a sucker for love stories). This novel is more about four friends each going through their own kind of mid life crisis and helping each other through them. I liked the mail character, Holly. I could relate to her in some ways and really felt for her and what she goes through. You don’t really get to know the other characters very well. There aren’t too many surprises in this book and it’s pretty predictable, but it concludes nicely. So, overall, I’m glad I read this book and found it entertaining.
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