At long last, I write a book review. I thought I’d wade back into book blogging by talking about a light chick-lit Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty.
Three Wishes is Moriarty’s first book, and you can see her laying the groundwork for a structure (three women battling personal issues) she would continue to play with in her coming books.
I’ve only read The Husband’s Secret, Truly Madly Guilty, and watched Big Little Lies. I found Three Wishes to be very similar to all of them.
Not that it’s a bad thing. No harm in sticking to a formula when it works quite this well!
About Three Wishes
Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, attract attention everywhere they go. Laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow when they’re together. But apart, each is her own woman, dealing with her own share of ups and downs.
Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, juggling the many balls of work, marriage, and motherhood with expert precision, but is she as together as her datebook would have her seem?
Cat has just learned a startling secret about her marriage — can she bring another life into her very precarious world?
And can free-spirited Gemma, who bolts every time a relationship hits the six-month mark, ever hope to find lasting love?
~ Synopsis from goodreads
My Review
A lighthearted, easy read is always fun, and it was easy for me to love this book. It sucked me in right from the first page, and I didn’t want to let go.
As I mentioned earlier, it’s very similar to some of her later books. But I also found it surprisingly mature and risk-taking, and I much preferred it to The Husband’s Secret and Truly Madly Guilty.
Most chick-lit books feel the pressure to have a HEA (Happily Ever After) ending, and I hate that. Thankfully, Three Wishes doesn’t fall into that trap. It’s funny and romantic in places, but at no point does it get unnaturally chirpy. And the ending was mixed; it was more like all the sisters accepting what happened to them and learning to live with it.
So yeah, fun chick-lit, but in a more mature way, and not afraid to turn dark when required.
I liked this one. And I think this is the book that has converted me into a Liane Moriarty fan.
Looking forward to the mini-series
A little googling about this book revealed that a mini-series is in the works, and I am kicked to see it. I love the Kettle sisters and can’t wait to see them on screen.
Have you read this book? What do you think of Liane Moriarty books in general? Any favorites you’d like to recommend?
