The Pull of It

author: Wendy J. Fox
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.71
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2018/09/27
date added: 2018/09/27
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review:
'The Pull of It' by Wendy J. Fox is a first full length novel by someone who writes short stories I enjoy. This story is very good, but it may not be for everyone.

Laura Clarey is married and has a child. She seems neither happy nor unhappy with the life she has, but she seems to need a break. When her husband offers her a vacation away from caring for their daughter, she chooses the country of Istanbul. She plans on going for a couple weeks. She ends up staying for longer by choice, and she ends up in a small village in Turkey. She gets a job in a kind of bed and breakfast working with a woman named Yasemin. She hangs out with a married American named Paul. She seems to exist in a state of being that is not unlike her marriage: neither seeming happy or unhappy. Events unfold that force Laura to make some choices.

This is not a book for readers who want a simplistic protagonist that they can root for. In my view, Laura makes some bad choices, like leaving a child behind. I'm not sure I ever really liked her or sympathized for her, but her motives don't seem overly selfish. They don't seem like much at all, which is how we all often make decisions about things in our lives if we are honest about it.

This is also not a book for readers who want a whipsmart plot that moves them along at a fast pace. This book is very deliberate in its pacing. I loved that about it. It doesn't feel rushed or routine. It feels fully realized and lived in. That is a quality I don't often find in books, but I completely admire here.

I received a review copy of this ebook from the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to read this ebook.


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