Book Review: Firefly Lane

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah


My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Firefly Lane opens to the thoughts of a woman struggling with the absence of a dear friendship.  There is mention of a fight but not what the fight was about.  The majority of the book builds on the importance of the friendships history and then finally towards the end reveals the fight that took place and caused the riff explained in the opening scene.  The book ended sadly and not how I suspected. I had imagined a number of different reasons for the opening scene but not the actual reason.

I enjoyed this book for the most part. A few times during the read I felt the author was rewriting the same plots in different periods of the characters lives and dragging on others, which felt like a waste of my time.   I would recommend this book to anyone that does not mind a good cry.  I however prefer Hollywood endings. 

This book is the third book out of the last four I have read that have ended sadly.

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I have never posted a book review on my blog but I wanted to for this book. 

I read another knitting based book on my trip to New York and I have been impatiently waiting for the sequel to come out and I finally broke down and bought this one.  I hosted a bookfair for my organization at a bookstore and I bought myself this book.  The description on the front of the book is "Like Steel Magnolia's set in Manhatan."  I will just say, let that be a warning.  (I took this as "oh, so it is super good.")

When I first started the book I had a hard time getting into it.  I felt the author was trying to achieve something she was not capale of, meaning she was using metaphors that I could tell she wanted to accomplish something that just did not happen.  I am so happy I did not give up on the book because I soon became addicted!  The book is based on a single mother , her daughter, her knitting shop, the shops "dynamic knitting club" and some unexpected characters from her past.  The unique aspect of the book is it gives the reader a look at each characters life so the reader gains a relationship with each character, yet does not confuse the reader with an overload of information and this aspect does not create a loss of focus.  I don't want to give anything away but the book ended unexpectedley and during the book I did shed some tears.  There is a follow-up but I am not committed to reading it.  I have not decided.  I highly recommend this one, it took me 4 days to read this which is tough for me to do!!  If anyone is interested in my copy leave me a message and I would be happy to send you mine.  If I get enough interest I will be fair and draw for it.