The Cactus

I was not a fan of this book. It had a satisfactory ending, but it seemed very unbelievable to me. The main character Susan is not likeable in the least and is very condescending to everyone around her. From what I could see the whole family was like that.

She meets Rob who is her brother's best friend and while she is trying to get more dirt on her brother to help her win a court case she starts to fall for him. But, she doesn't really act that way. If you have ever watched Star Trek TNG and know the character Data, she acted like that. She was used to Rob and seemed to feel some sense of loss when he wasn't around, but I wouldn't have called it love.

I didn't find I cared for any of the characters except Rob and Susan's next door neighbour. I wish the story had been about them.

DNF at 40%. Hated the main character!

This was a hard one for me to get into. A little over halfway through I started to enjoy it. The MC has a very dry, sarcastic and no nonsense outlook on life that, at times, had me laughing. In the end things worked out. It wasn't a fantastic read, but it was enjoyable.

It's cute and quirky, even if I have my own reservations about the functioning of a human being such as Susan in the real world.

Very enjoyable book. A bit predictable at times. I enjoyed Susan's growth from the beginning to the end. Parts of it made me laugh out loud.