Young
Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts
Published:
November 10, 2015
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux [BYR]
Format:
via NetGalley
Rating:
DNF
Synopsis
First
came love, then came marriage, and then...
For
seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is the
ideal escape from her claustrophobic high-school life on the island, and the
ultimate rebellion against her father and stepmother. But when Tam becomes a
widow just weeks later, the shell-shocked teen is forced to find her way
forward by going back to the life she thought she’d moved beyond—even as her
struggle to deal with her grief is forcing her to reinvent herself and reach
out to others in ways she never imagined.
My Thoughts
Oh
I hate doing this but this is a DNF for me. I was intrigued by the synopsis but
as I got into it I didn’t so much. The story of Tam who wed young then to have
her husband die had potential but sadly I didn’t really like or connect with
Tam. She had problems of her own after her mother died she left home and met her
soon to be husband and connected with his family. I thought Tam was immature
granted she is only 17 but given her life circumstances you think she would’ve grown
up a lot but she wasn’t a likeable character to me. So I gave up less than half
way not knowing or caring what happened next.
