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This is the second in the "Sweetgum Knit Lit Society" series. I haven't read the first, but didn't really find that to be a hindrance to understanding who the characters were. The ladies of the Knit Lit Society meet once a month to discuss a book and a knitting project. In this story, the year's reading is focused on great love stories in literature and includes Romeo and Juliet, the Song of Solomon, Wuthering Heights, Gone With the Wind, and Pride and Prejudice. Not surprisingly, each of the group's members is currently living a story that is strikingly similar to one of the plots of these novels.
I like the idea of having these stories somewhat modernized - after all, that's what so many romantic stories today do. But having them all in one book - with the characters who know each other to boot - is a bit of a stretch. It makes the ladies seem like characters in a book rather than real people. And that's really too bad, because without the jarring paraphrases of scenes from the books (especially Pride and Prejudice) the stories would be interesting and the characters would seem more real. The book also ends without actually ending. I get that this is a series and so you're going to meet up with the ladies again, but really, there needed to be some sort of middle of the road resoultion to at least one of the ladies' problems! I hit the last page and was frustrated that it was over - and not really in the "I can't wait for the next book" way because I was too annoyed that everyone was just left hanging.
Still, it was an enjoyable read and worth the time it takes to get from one end to the other.
2 days ago
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