Eva Marie L. (babyjulie) - , reviewed on 5/13/2010 + 336 more book reviews

(taken from my goodreads.com page)
I'm not sure what to say about this book. I had this listed to-read for quite awhile and finally stumbled upon it yesterday at the Super G. :)
I will admit that I'm glad I didn't pay $15.95 for it. As much as I liked it being that it took me less than 20 minutes to read I would have been a little ticked at that. As it happened I only paid $3.00 for it and for this I am pleased.
The reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 3 is the ending. The ending affected me more than any other part of the book. The book did a good job leading up to the ending but the ending definitely pulled at my heart. Maybe it's because I have a young daughter and it's always been a strong fear of mine that I "miss" time with her. Since she's been born I've always been very conscious of that "missed" time. I don't want to look back one day and realize time was wasted. And this book pinponted that and it also showed how very easy it would be to fall into the trap.
I thought it was telling that so many of the notes between Claire and her Mom involved planned meetings. "I'll be back in time to go with you.", "I'm going out for a minute - let's watch a movie tonight." (These are my words - not out of the book.) This type of note showed how easy it is, for anyone, to have great intentions that fall to the wayside.
It's a very, very fast book. Any books with one or two sentences on each page would be. But I think Kuiper's did a good job and I'd certainly be willing to read another of her books anytime.

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