Protagonist overcomes avoidable communication problems.
By Rainbow Rowell
Rating: 2.5 / 5.
I read this because it was a friend’s reference for casual magic as a plot device.
That much was cool. A hardwired, old yellow phone in the protagonist’s childhood bedroom magically and inexplicably reaches her husband’s childhood home in the past. This was at the very beginning of their marriage which, in the present day, seems to be in a drifting and uncertain place.
I struggled because I never liked the main character, and the other essential plot device was two adults who could not manage to use their cell phones like grownups. One chose to stay home for work while the rest of the family traveled for Christmas, yet failed to get said work done and manufac...
Protagonist overcomes avoidable communication problems.
By Rainbow Rowell
Rating: 2.5 / 5.
I read this because it was a friend’s reference for casual magic as a plot device.
That much was cool. A hardwired, old yellow phone in the protagonist’s childhood bedroom magically and inexplicably reaches her husband’s childhood home in the past. This was at the very beginning of their marriage which, in the present day, seems to be in a drifting and uncertain place.
I struggled because I never liked the main character, and the other essential plot device was two adults who could not manage to use their cell phones like grownups. One chose to stay home for work while the rest of the family traveled for Christmas, yet failed to get said work done and manufactured drama while failing to accept this choice.
I didn’t get much depth from the characters, either. But the plot kept moving and I appreciated some of the discussion and framing about relationships and I liked the literal movement of the end that sort of counterbalanced the whole story.