Can we talk about Landline?

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By Rainbow Rowell?

I mentioned it briefly in the What Are You Reading Thread, but....

First: I have loved every book I've read by RR. And I've read all but this one, so I'm coming in with very high expectations.

That said, I'm having a little bit of trouble because

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{Spoilers up to halfway through the book}
It's so damn whiny. Like she's either talking on a phone to the past (which I'm not really getting) or thinking about talking about a phone to the past, or sulking in her present day.

I'm not sure anything other than the fact that I love RR's writing is really keeping me invested.

Thoughts??

[mrsjene]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this book! It made me feel so many different emotions and addressed so many of my fears about the way kids can change a marriage/relationship.

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Feb 20, 2015 12:00:35 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this book! It made me feel so many different emotions and addressed so many of my fears about the way kids can change a marriage/relationship.

Is it because I'm only halfway through?!? I'm not going to give it up, but it's an uphill battle right now.

[mrsjene]

I don't know. Maybe?

I remember when I met Rainbow Rowell at a signing, I said to her, "You hit on my biggest fears about having children and how that will affect my relationship with my husband."

Her response was, ":::laughs::: Yea, kids change things. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa. Um, yea."

LOL! It was actually pretty hilarious.

[starsailor26]

This is on my to read list. I love RR's books but have noticed the ratings on GR aren't great. I can't wait to read it though and maybe I'll have some input then.

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@pugsandwine did you ever finish this? What did you think? I just saw this was bumped up so I thought I'd jump in.

I was kind of meh about this book. I didn't really like any of the characters (especially present day Neal) and thought it was a little boring at times, but it was still an entertaining read overall. I liked Fangirl the best out of all of her books.

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I didn't finish it.

@orangcrush

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@pugsandwine guess that shows how the book was!