Nobody but God Book

This is the author's first novel. And it wasn't so bad. Though, not very good either. Sorry, I just have to compare with Samantha Sotto's Before Ever After and Karen Swan's Christmas at Tiffany's. They were the authors' first novels, as well.

Light read. But not exactly a chick literature. It definitely had more serious conflicts. And touchy topics. But not as controversial as the Coelho book I read last year. (Gosh, I forgot the title na. :|) But then again, it's set in the 1950s. People were most probably VERY conservative... and old-school. Hmm.. Traditional might be more apt. Hahaha!

It must have been overwhelming writing your first novel, because Geraldine must have stuffed all the possible conflicts in all 43 chapters (including the prologue). It's okay, because each character had his own story. BUT, the novel was titled Tara Flynn. It was only expected that the book would all be about her. But it wasn't. And not even told in the first person.

Another thing, there were too many characters.

Tara Flynn seems too much of a perfect girl to exist in real life. Haha!

And, I think the ending was rushed. One of my pet peeves is when everyone ends up happy. (Shet, sorry spoiler.) Because it's not always the case. Cynical much? Hahaha! (HPie, this is not your blog.)



Usual excerpts:

"We're well off, and we don't know it."

Tara Flynn had learned already that it was better to look forward with hope, than look back holding a grudge.

Instinctively she knew that if a man was worth having, then he was the one who would have to do all the running in the courtship.