9 of us met via Zoom for yet another lively discussion about our shared reading experience of what was declared: an enjoyable pleasant piece of Chick Lit.
Despite comments such as “I wouldn’t put literature in the same sentence!” and “it’s one for the beach” and “well, there were no surprises”, we all agreed this was a refreshing book by a young author and all the better that she is an Oxford Graduate in English Literature!
Beth took a nice approach, showing how a young person thinks and cares about the elderly, and she handled the subject of bereavement well.
One of our group declared her love of ‘Chick Lit’ (describing it as her ‘dirty’ secret) and gave us a break down of the formulas for success. This book met much of the criteria, and the writing wasn’t awful, so she gave it ‘middle of the road’ classification and a thumbs up.
Those of our group who had already enjoyed her first novel ‘Flat Share’ felt that was a better story and, perhaps her editors had put her under pressure to produce The Switch.
Overall we felt this was a good choice for ‘lock down’ reading in the garden and would recommend it to anyone as a nice bit of light reading.
Our next book is The Familiars by Stacey Halls, which we will discuss on Thursday 25th June, at 8.15pm, on Zoom.
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