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Books: Expiration Dates & For Love and Treasure
Today we are talking about Expiration Dates by Rebecca Searle. Every time, Daphne meets a man she receives a slip of paper with a name and a number which tells her the exact amount of time they will be together. Then, she meets Jake and receives a paper with only his name and no number on it. Could Jake really be her forever person? Daphne isn't even sure that for her there is a forever because she has a secret that she's not telling.
If you are a person who likes to take things on faith you may enjoy this book. If not, you may have a hard time with it. The whole premise of the story is a little hard to imagine that these papers with names and numbers would just show up so mysteriously. Also, it is hard to understand why the main character would constantly willingly want to go into relationships knowing how exactly long they were going to last. It's an awfully strange coincidence that every time a relationship ends, she is just okay with it and never feels like she wants more time with that person. It seems like she never really cared about any of these guys that much to begin with.
Daphne is a hard character to like anyway. The fact that she is so nonchalant about her relationships isn't really an endearing quality. It makes it seem like people (and relationships) are disposable.
The male characters in the story come and go so fast, it's hard to get attached to any of them. Even Hugo who clearly deeply cares about Daphne doesn't really seem all that developed. All in all, this book just feels like it is missing something.
Today we are talking about For Love and Treasure by Monty Joynes. This is the true story of the Fisher family, the world's most successful treasure-hunting family. While some interesting nuggets of information about the Fisher family, treasure hunting, and more are sprinkled throughout this book, its structure makes it hard to follow. There seems to be no logical order to its chapters. It's like whatever was in the author's mind at the moment became the next chapter . Because of that, the book is also very repetitive and the same facts and information are repeated in numerous chapters. While the Fisher family and their treasure-hunting efforts do seem like a fascinating subject for an interesting book, this one doesn't quite do the subject justice.
And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.
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