Calista's Reviews > Vinegar Girl

Hovering over 2 stars says "It was ok". That's how I feel about this. It was ok. It took me a while to get through it. I thought Anne Tyler did an excellent job telling the story and I thought the characters were distinct. Her Russian accent was great.

I think the only character I liked was Bunny. She was the only one who saw things how they were. I didn't like Kate. She's 29 and that's the best she can behave at work? I didn't like Pyodr either. He seemed like a good guy mostly. I felt better about the book until the ending.

That wedding was terrible. I know Kate didn't care, but come on. No one was focused on the wedding. It felt terrible. I couldn't believe she went ahead and married him. I don't think Kate had any clue who she was. She was a lost lamb and being forced into the marriage was actually good for her and it gave her direction. She was bossy and gruff and totally lost I felt.

I did look at reviews and this was across the spectrum. I'm not saying this isn't a decent story, it simply isn't a story that spoke to me. I am a huge Shakespeare fan and I have read Taming of the Shrew which this re-imagines. I didn't really see much connection. There were so many decisions I felt were terrible in this book.

It's set in Baltimore. BMore in Baltimore people. It's neat to recognize street names and such.