The Arrangement
Ashley Warlick
The
Arrangement is the fictional tale of the life of famous food writer
Mary Francis Kennedy (MFK) Fisher and her entanglement with the love
of her life, Tim, a good friend of her husband Al. The settings range
from Los Angeles, to Paris and Vevey, Switzerland in the mid 1930's.
I
didn't really love or hate this book but for some reason I just
couldn't get excited about it. I think that MFK Fisher was definitely
ahead of her time and I am sure that this could be a good story. But,
I felt the story moved very slowly at times and it seemed flat. It
wasn't poorly written but, I might have enjoyed it more if it had
been divided into chapters that moved back and forth in time rather
than having large sections that rambled on and on. This is of course
just a personal preference but, I think a different structure might
have allowed for more tension in the story, making it more engaging,
exciting and moving.
Thanks
to Shelf Awareness and Viking Books for allowing me to read this
advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review.
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