The Mother of His Child

Rating:
Summary: The Mother Of His Child-disappointing, unrealistic
Review: I am a person that loves to read and hardly ever finds fault in a book. Last night was the exception. I have never before read a book by Sandra Field, but I was very disappointed with The Mother of His Child. The main reason would have to be the unrealistic way that the characters behaved. I am not giving anything away by saying that the adoptive father meets the biological mother of his child. This is given in the synopses on the back of the book, but what amazed me is this mans behavior. To me, he was someone that needed to control his hormones. The day after meeting his daughters biological mother he wanted to have an affair with her. The adoptive child also did not seem to serve a purpose in this story. They could have cut her out and no one would care. There seemed to be no reason for us to care about any of these characters. Even the harsh way that Marnie talked to her daughter made me angry with Marnie herself. I have to admit that recently I read Maggie's Baby by Colleen Faulkner and the plots are almost exactly the same-right down the manipulative mother forcing the adoption. Maybe, I was disappointed with Sandra Fields book because I felt myself comparing the quality of the story to Colleen Faulkners, and Faulkners was much better written.

Rating:
Summary: The Mother Of His Child-disappointing, unrealistic
Review: I am a person that loves to read and hardly ever finds fault in a book. Last night was the exception. I have never before read a book by Sandra Field, but I was very disappointed with The Mother of His Child. The main reason would have to be the unrealistic way that the characters behaved. I am not giving anything away by saying that the adoptive father meets the biological mother of his child. This is given in the synopses on the back of the book, but what amazed me is this mans behavior. To me, he was someone that needed to control his hormones. The day after meeting his daughters biological mother he wanted to have an affair with her. The adoptive child also did not seem to serve a purpose in this story. They could have cut her out and no one would care. There seemed to be no reason for us to care about any of these characters. Even the harsh way that Marnie talked to her daughter made me angry with Marnie herself. I have to admit that recently I read Maggie's Baby by Colleen Faulkner and the plots are almost exactly the same-right down the manipulative mother forcing the adoption. Maybe, I was disappointed with Sandra Fields book because I felt myself comparing the quality of the story to Colleen Faulkners, and Faulkners was much better written.