The Divorcees
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
'LOVED it. Tightly-plotted elegance, 50s glamour and suspense. Put it on your lists' Jessie Burton
'Excellent. Riveting to the last page' The Times
"You know, I've been hearing some stories about you," Greer says.
"What do you mean?"
"That you're a bit of a liar."
It is 1951 and Lois Saunders arrives at the Golden Yarrow divorce ranch in Nevada, fleeing her suffocating marriage. Here women from different backgrounds live together for the six weeks it will take to earn their freedom, spending their days riding horses and their nights flirting with cowboys. It's as wild and fun as Lois's former home was prim and stifling, but it isn't until Greer Lang arrives that her world truly cracks open . . .
Gorgeous, beguiling, and outspoken, Greer is unlike anyone Lois has ever met - and she sees something in Lois that no one else ever has. Soon, under her influence, Lois begins to push against the limits that have always restrained her.
But how much can Lois really trust her new friend? And how far will she go to forge her independence, on her own terms?
'Evocative, beautifully drawn' Observer
'Simmering with tension' Jennie Godfrey
'Excellent, deeply compelling' Lauren Groff
'Tense, dark, and richly layered' Katy Hays
'Fans of Lessons In Chemistry will adore it' Red
'I straight up loved it' Elizabeth Macneal
Customer Reviews
Dull
I hate to leave a bad review but I was a bit disappointed by this book. The premise sounded great but I just couldn’t get into it, kept waiting for it to get good, and was left feeling totally uninspired by the end.
It’s hard to put my finger on what’s wrong with it but it’s just a bit …flat? It’s set in 50s America and funnily enough, it reminded me of some of the dreary classics we had to read in high school from this period which you were supposed to be impressed by but just couldn’t get into in the slightest. (Maybe that’s why the critic reviews are all so positive - because it feels like something you’re supposed to be impressed by?)
The protagonist is an autistic-coded woman who is so awkward and anti-social I couldn’t relate to her at all. She doesn’t have any strengths or likable/redeemable traits. Other characters are a bit mean to her at times but I couldn’t really blame them. I was hoping maybe the Greer character would end up romancing Lois and it could maybe turn a bit forbidden queer love story but instead there was a bit of dramatic build up that quickly led nowhere and a very drawn out ending which also led nowhere. The actual end was really abrupt and I genuinely thought the recording must have stopped early because it’s such a random place to finish.
I don’t normally want books to end early and I’m fairly open to any genre or story but this one kept feeling like it was promising an interesting ending but never got there.
As I said, I wonder if classic literature buffs or critics would maybe get more from this as I can imagine there’s maybe nods to things that I’m not picking up on for it to get the level of praise it has? For me though, honestly I wish I could get my money and my time back