![]() If they’re weak, that’s okay, but give me a reason why they are weak. I needed stronger characters with more depth and more intelligence. She’d be a little edgier, don’t you think? If the author had made her darker, I think I could have gotten into that, but no, Jazzy (her name is Jessica, but she prefers ‘Jazzy’) is so “jazzy”-like. If I was hearing dead people talking to me all the time, I’m not sure I would be full of sunshine and unicorns and rainbows. The young girl who is the psychic was a little more interesting, but she is so ridiculously happy, and everything is so wonderful. If no one had come, she would’ve sat there until she starved to death. Do freaking something don’t just sit there like a useless lump until the psychic comes along and rescues you. Call a garage, call 911, walk to a corner store and ask for assistance. Why the heck did she stay? Where is this woman’s backbone? Her car doesn’t start, and she has no clue what to do. Marnie reveals that she fell out of love with him a long time ago. I’m not sure why she misses this man so much. She calls him her fiancé, but they were never going to get married. The main character, Marnie, is grieving because the man she lived with has died. There’s no depth, and there’s nothing interesting about these people. It reads like a kid’s book with two-dimensional, boring characters. It just drones on in an overly simplistic manner. I eventually picked up my Kindle again and tried for the third time to read it. I wanted to shake her and tell her to read faster or add some inflection or something. She reads as if she’s reading to little children, and she drove me insane. I could listen to it while I did other things. Since I’m supposed to read this for a book group, I decided maybe the audiobook would work. She doesn’t really belong there she just arrives because voices tell her to go somewhere, and she wanders around until the feeling gets stronger, and she ends up there. A much younger woman comes rushing in because she’s psychic. The story involves women meeting at a grief support group. For adventure, laughter and surprises, I highly recommend The Long Way Home by Karen McQuestion. I will miss my friends and being part of their stories. I was disappointed when I realized I was reading the last page. And it was! But when you throw in a murderer, a motorcycle gang and knife-wielding hitchhiker the story was more than I expected! In a good way. I really thought the book was going to be light-hearted and fun. Psychic Jazzy, Marnie who is looking for happiness, Rita who is looking for peace and Laverne who is just wanting to live before she gets any older. The funny thing about The Long Way Home is I saw myself in each woman. Sometimes life just happens and it's not always bad. What starts out as four strangers trying to change the path they are on ends as four friends realizing you really can't change things. Each person has her own reason for going on the trip. The story centers around four women traveling across the country. I switched to the print version so I could find out what happened. Usually, it takes me quite a while to finish a book if I'm listening but I could not wait for an opportunity to finish this book. I listened to The Long Way Home on audible. Sorry to those of you who were mislead like me. Lessons? There is no real bonds formed at all and the only reason I couldn't put it down, was because I couldn't wait for it to end. Then twice these women pick up a total stranger along the way and one ends up knifing them and then they go on to pick up another. No one seems to be concerned that they are taking a drug that was not prescribed for them. They travel with an elderly lady who has been hoarding prescription drugs leftover from her family and it constantly giving them out. It was actually brief and the women split up half way through. The description made it sound like a long road trip with lots of adventure. One of them is a psychic (hard to read about when you don't believe in that stuff), and she seems to be the one guiding the rest. Four strangers decide to take a road trip together after barely meeting one another while each is struggling with their own demons. ![]() After so many good reviews on this book, I really looked forward to it.
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