Comments on: When the Cypress Whispers

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:07:45 +0000

I was surprised you didn’t complain about it more in your review! I often don’t mind a predictable love story, but two things made this one bother me. The biggest problem for me was that I wasn’t convinced by the characters’ emotions. It felt like the plot just went the predictable way completely ignoring what the characters would actually do if they were real people. And the second thing was that ending. Such a let down! I don’t feel like Daphne ended up improving her life at all.

It would have been wonderful to get more of the historical fiction. I felt distanced from the historical bits since they were always included as someone telling a story and there definitely wasn’t enough of it. They were my favorite part

By: Rebecca @ Love at First Book

Rebecca @ Love at First Book — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:07:24 +0000

The sexy jerk is still a jerk. Haha! I love that comment.

I know we’ve talked about this, but the book was so underwhelming. The love story with the fiance was predictable, but it was okay.

I just wish wish wish that the author hadn’t skirted over the historical part. The book was BARELY a historical fiction. . . with just a hint of it, instead of including many more details. For me, I could have dealt with the predictable love stuff if only the book was much more heavily historical.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:33:12 +0000

For me, the message was by far the worst part of this book. It impacted my enjoyment a lot and also makes me completely unwilling to recommend it, much as I wanted to be able to say I enjoyed it.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:32:30 +0000

Yep, your gut knows what’s up I was very excited for this one, but in the end, I didn’t like it much at all.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:31:17 +0000

The message was definitely my least favorite part. Poor Daphne is a single mom with a high powered career and everyone acts like she’s a horrible person for also not finding more time with family. While it does seem like she could make more time for her daughter and it would make both her and her daughter happier, I think the people who supposedly lover her should have pointed that out nicely. I really wish I could recommend it, but I just can’t.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:27:49 +0000

The guy in this wasn’t a stereotypical bad boy, since he was only a jerk because I was fond of Daphne’s grandmother and felt Daphne had neglected her. But I agree that a guy who starts out a jerk is unlikely to improve and personally, I required more proof that he wasn’t a jerk before I could be happy with Daphne throwing herself at him. I’m dating a nice guy myself and think that’s definitely the way to go

By: Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf

Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:52:07 +0000

Oh, what a disappointment. I’d feel icky about that message, too.

By: tanya

tanya — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:46:30 +0000

Thanks for reviewing this book. I’ve seen it around in ARC and have been curious about whether or not i would like it, but something was holding me back. I think my gut feeling was telling me something.

By: Aylee

Aylee — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:41:02 +0000

Urgh, no more jerks! That’s not sexy at all. Also not a fan of the message that women should prioritize family over careers if it’s especially preachy. I can tell this wouldn’t be my kind of book and I’m sorry it didn’t work for you either!

By: Katie @ Words for Worms

Katie @ Words for Worms — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:37:11 +0000

What a disappointment. I’m always a bit frustrated by the bad boy trope anyway. Even though I adore her, I should probably blame Jane Austen for that whole thing, because Pride and Prejudice. In real life, I think if a dude comes off as a jerk in the beginning, he’ll probably stay that way. Just, uh, me getting off topic and ranting about life for a minute there. (BTW, I totally married a “nice guy.” I’m biased.)