Reviews for Rest of Her Life

The average rating for Rest of Her Life based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-08-28 00:00:00 Gerald Anderson Ii I could not put this book down and finished it the same day I started it. It seems that opinions of this book are all over the place, but I for one found it to be quite intriging and well-written. Perhaps the description on the cover is a bit misleading since the story is actually about the mother, who has a very strained relationship with her teen daughter which is put to the test by the tragedy. She relives her sad and unfortunate childhood and relationship with her own mother and finds that what she wants for her own mother-daughter relationship is not to be. This is how I came to know Leigh and relate to her personality. I can appreciate how she tried to be a complete opposite of her own mother. Some of us try to over compensate for the love we didn't get by trying too hard and being disappointed that we have failed when we feel rejected by those we reach out to, in a misunderstood way. It's what we know. We all dream of a Norman Rockwell life, don't we?

Review # 2 was written on 2007-09-24 00:00:00 Donald Ward The rating is a personal one. I suppose the book is a fine book, and at least moderately well-written. It's not really the book's fault that I hated the premise (everything that happens after the protagonist's teenage daughter accidentally runs over and kills another teenager), disliked the protagonist (whiny), and was pretty much uninterested in the back story. In fact, the main real critique I have of this novel--that is, a critique not based on personal taste and bias--is that it doesn't have enough story to really make it a novel. It felt like a short story that had been forced into being a novel, with back story grafted in to make it long enough. As a short story, I may even have liked it.