Richard Dawson

This was my first [a:Joan Didion 238 Joan Didion https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1335450818p2/238.jpg] and I was left a bit cold. Parts of it were interesting, where it read as a personal memoir rather than a list of events. Towards the end she described on how her grief had changed over the twelve months, which I found interesting. I also liked when she looked back on her last years with her husband to identify any signs that had foreshadowed his death. These personal stories about him and what kind of man he was helped to connect with the grief that she was feeling.I didn't read this book to be inspired or as comfort, but even so it felt a bit flat. I look forward to reading some of her other books, despite this not being the best introduction.

A plodding, unexciting book, filled with clichéd tropes and two-dimensional characters. I kept waiting for the grand reveal where everything would fall into place, where the pages that had come before would finally come alive after an unexpected revelation... after reaching the end, checking the acknowledgements and thoroughly examining the back cover, it seems I was out of luck.