- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Reprint edition (25 May 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140232818
- ISBN-13: 978-0140232813
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 1.8 cm
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very Depressing
14 Sep 2008
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This is book is an easy read but disturbing and depressing I cannot recommend it. There is only one character in the entire book that I like. The rest of the characters have all done things that are horrible. Almost every character has an emotional or genetic problem. I think that the author would have been better off choosing one or two characters for you to root for.
By the end of Ted's trial, I just didn't care what happened to him, Julia his daughter or Sandy his sister-in law. I found them to be terrible lying characters. Even Ann the character that is shot has done things in her past that were dishonest.
I think that there are better books out there about dysfunctional families.
By the end of Ted's trial, I just didn't care what happened to him, Julia his daughter or Sandy his sister-in law. I found them to be terrible lying characters. Even Ann the character that is shot has done things in her past that were dishonest.
I think that there are better books out there about dysfunctional families.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Somewhat Redeeming, But Not My Favorite
8 Sep 2009
Format:Paperback
"Acts of Love" opens with a short introduction to the characters: Julia & Ali (daughters), Ted (husband), Sandy (sister) and Ann (main character). Almost as soon as you've met these people, their world is thrown into upheaval after Ted returns from a weekend trip with his daugthers, gets into a fight with his wife, Ann, and she ends up shot in the head and dead.
Her eldest daughter, Julia, is 13 and is standing between 3 feet to 1.5 feet from Ted when the gun is fired. She claims Ted aimed and shot his wife while Ted claims that Julia jumped on him- to stop their arguing- causing the gun to misfire.
This story is filled with back stories and also present tense court hearings.
We are given a back story about Ann & Sandy's relationship with their parents and thier ideas of what marriage is supposed to feel like. Ann believes it to be about passion and love and the giving of oneself to another. Sandy believes that you should always keep yourself separate from someone else, to keep yourself whole on your own.
We learn how Ann & Ted met, what their relationship is like. We learn about the girls and their feelings toward their parents' separation a year prior to the "accident". We learn about many deep, dark secrets.
I liked the idea of the story. The delivery was a bit... wanting. I didn't care for the characters. Even the ones that I was rooting for in the beginning, I ended up not caring for in the end. Every single person was hiding something. I lost myself within the pages, trying to uncover who was telling the truth.
There isn't much showing of remorse. The only struggle is within Sandy, and it's almost non-related to the entire dramatic event itself.
There were chunks of the book that should have been left out completely. And as stated in a few other reviews, there was no one that I ended up LIKING by the end of the book. It's tough to love a book if you don't like any of the characters.
It was a good effort, and wasn't COMPLETELY bad. If you can struggle through it, it actually has a few redeeming qualities- hence the 3 star review.
Her eldest daughter, Julia, is 13 and is standing between 3 feet to 1.5 feet from Ted when the gun is fired. She claims Ted aimed and shot his wife while Ted claims that Julia jumped on him- to stop their arguing- causing the gun to misfire.
This story is filled with back stories and also present tense court hearings.
We are given a back story about Ann & Sandy's relationship with their parents and thier ideas of what marriage is supposed to feel like. Ann believes it to be about passion and love and the giving of oneself to another. Sandy believes that you should always keep yourself separate from someone else, to keep yourself whole on your own.
We learn how Ann & Ted met, what their relationship is like. We learn about the girls and their feelings toward their parents' separation a year prior to the "accident". We learn about many deep, dark secrets.
I liked the idea of the story. The delivery was a bit... wanting. I didn't care for the characters. Even the ones that I was rooting for in the beginning, I ended up not caring for in the end. Every single person was hiding something. I lost myself within the pages, trying to uncover who was telling the truth.
There isn't much showing of remorse. The only struggle is within Sandy, and it's almost non-related to the entire dramatic event itself.
There were chunks of the book that should have been left out completely. And as stated in a few other reviews, there was no one that I ended up LIKING by the end of the book. It's tough to love a book if you don't like any of the characters.
It was a good effort, and wasn't COMPLETELY bad. If you can struggle through it, it actually has a few redeeming qualities- hence the 3 star review.
A Family in Trouble.
27 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
Most of the characters in this book have very few redeeming qualities. They are definitely a family in crisis. Ted Waring is the husband of Ann and the father of two girls, Julia and Ali. They have recently separated but Ted wants to come back to the home and start again with Ann. She, however, is beginning to move on with her life. In the midst of an argument a gun is fired and Ted is accused of murdering his wife, though he says it was an accident. Their daughter, Julia, however disagrees and says that her father did this on purpose.
The case goes to court and throughout the story each member of the family has their own say on how things were in the family and what probably happened.
I have to say that I did not particularly like any of the characters in this book. Everyone seemed to be keeping their own secrets and deceiving others in the process.
Not a great book in my opinion.
The case goes to court and throughout the story each member of the family has their own say on how things were in the family and what probably happened.
I have to say that I did not particularly like any of the characters in this book. Everyone seemed to be keeping their own secrets and deceiving others in the process.
Not a great book in my opinion.
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