Kate Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Waterstones Synopsis: Dan and Sally Oliver and their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on, after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters - the Boxing Day tsunami - their lives have changed dramatically. Dan and Sally are now parents. Dan is enjoying being a stay-at-home father taking care of their young son, and Sally is the bread winner and loves her job as a partner in a Manchester law firm. The arrangement has so far worked well, but when Dan starts to question whether Sally has got her priorities right, the cracks in their marriage begin to appear. Dan and Sally have everything Chloe wishes for in life - a happy marriage and a beautiful child. Dumped by her long term boyfriend just weeks after the tsunami, she's been on a mission ever since to find the perfect father for the child she craves. When she meets Seth Hawthorne, she thinks she may have hit the jackpot. But is Seth the man she thinks he is? IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS is a moving, compelling story of how a life can change in a heartbeat. I am a big fan of Erica James, and this book was not a let down. We follow the lives of Chloe - a woman torturing herself over a decision she made years ago and Dan and Sally as their marriage starts on the slope to destruction. James writes some wonderful characters, and this book is no exception. It was easy to feel emotions towards to the characters - I really felt for Dan as he tried to work out Sally; I had empathy for Chloe as she struggled to fight her feelings for Seth; I gradually began to dislike Sally more and more and I fell in love with Seth! The storyline is not particularly original, but it made for good reading. I found it interesting that a female writer wrote such a nasty female character - Sally was the bad person in this book nit Dan, and I found that a refreshing read. My only complaint with the story is that it implies in the blurb that the Tsunami would feature a lot in the book, and it doesn't. There is the occasional mention of the nightmares they were having and the horrors of the event, but by and large it did not feature as much as I thought it would. Like all other James novels I found this readable and enjoyable. It is a book of 430 pages, and I enjoyed each one. I liked how I had reactions to all the characters and I wanted to find out was happening. This book has left me satisfied. This is decent chick-lit, with twists I wasn't expected. This is well worth reading. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks for that review, Kate. I have this book in the pile of books waiting to be read and it has been there a while. Maybe now I will have to bring it to the top! Perky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1nS Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Oh this sounds really good, what a great review Kate. I will deffinatly be looking out for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Glad you gave it a high score. This is one I got as a xmas book. Look forward to reading it Kate even more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanessaL Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I have this book to read in my book collection, but not read it yet. Read 'The Holiday' and that was a brilliant book, but find her books start of a bit slow, so this puts me of a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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