Blessings: A Novel Audiobook

" Read this with the Morgantown book club and loved the sweet story. "

" It's been a few years but I remember I enjoyed the story. "

" I found Blessings to be an interesting story about characters who formed an unlikely family. I enjoyed reading about the changes brought about to and within each person by the presence of the baby left on the doorstep. "

" I thought it was okay. I had a really hard time keeping track of the characters. Quindlen is a good writer though. "

" Well, I really stuggled with the rating on this book. I debated between 1 star and two stars. I really did not care for this story, so I ended up giving it 1 star. I felt that this story rambled along and I got lost along the way. There were a couple storylines going on in this story and to me, it just felt cluttered. I really struggled to get to the end of this book. There was a shocking revalation twords the end of the story that just seemed thrown in the story for some interest, but I felt that the two main characters storylines just did not mesh together and I just could not find them interesting or likeable. "

" I liked this story of forgiveness and responsibility in people in unforeseen ways "

" I like Anna Quindlen's writing, and decided to read this after finishing "Every Last One", which I thought was excellent. This one, not so much. The descriptions were very visual, and I liked the main character, but I thought the relationships were not really developed and the ending was very unsatisfying to me. Ultimately disappointing. "

" No real depth. "

" A wonderful beginning and I love the matriachal characters. This is a better place to start with Quindlen than Black and Blue. "

" Unusual but interesting. I liked it, but I'm not sure why - the ending was very "real life" as the hero of the story makes the right decision, which of course is the hard decision. "

" I didn't enjoy this book as much as I hoped to. Just seemed to drift between characters with no resolution at the end. "

" A good beach read. You could see the ending coming from a mile away but that was okay. I liked all the details and family history. "

" Great characters. Interesting story. I already miss everyone. "

" I wanted something fluffy to read over the holidays....and I got it. This was a nice, albeit predictable story from Quindlen. A quick read. I would have enjoyed more plot twist but it just didn't happen. Time to sink my teeth back into Enneagram...... "

" I love Anna Quindlen's editorials & love her non-fiction. This was my first foray into one of her novels & I liked it okay. I probably would've liked it more had my expectations not been so high. "

" I love Anna Quindlen's writing style...this character driven novel included. "

" This was just okay, it had more swearing then I care for and although I liked the characters it just drug on and on and the ending was not what I hoped for. "

" I liked this book and wanted it to go on a little longer, but I'll just imagine how things turned out... "

" Skip Cuddy, the young caretaker at Blessings finds a box on the steps. The baby he finds in the box changes the lives of Skip, the elderly owner, and many others. This book was somewhat predictable, but I really enjoyed it. "

" This book was a little slow and I ended up skimming a lot of the wordy descriptions. Luckily, I found it at I time when I'm a big sucker for stories about babies born healthy and people who take good care of them. "

" I was disappointed by this book, esp the ending. The whole thing felt kind of contrived at times, and it didn't seem up to par with the rest of her stuff. "

" Not a favorite. I didn't like the ending for several different reasons and it wasn't a make you feel happy book either. There was some unnecessary bad language that bothered me too. "

" I read/listened to this book and found it to be very touching. Why did I listen? Because I didn't want to put it down long enough to drive. : ) "

" I enjoyed the book overall. It was an easy read with some good character development. I found the idea of Skip caring for the child a little hard to accept at first, but it did become more believable as the story developed. It was worth the read and I am looking forward to our book club discussion. "

" Such a touching novel. I loved the main character's description of the baby. It wasn't an entirely happy ending, but still fun. "

" Love Anna Quindlen but this one was a little slow for me. :-( "

" Enjoyed this book because of the characters and it was a fun quick read, but I didn't feel the style by the author is such that I'd seek out more of her books. "

" My least favorite of Quindlen's books. "