Thank goodness for Sassymonkey and her review of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. If I hadn’t read it long before I read the book, I might have been one of those who was frustrated by this brilliant novel. I might have thought it was a book that is similar to something Jennifer Weiner might have written. Or maybe Lolly Winston. But this book is not anything like those. It’s closer to something written by Sarah Addison Allen in that it has magical elements but it’s really nothing like that either.
It’s not like anything I’ve read and that amazes me. It’s so rare to find a story you haven’t read before.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake isn’t a happy story. It’s a story that left me feeling out of sorts and angsty. It’s a good story. Read it but read it without expectations – if you can.
Dang it! This is one of the books that I had requested from the library, it came in and I didn’t make it to the library in my allotted time to pick it up. I shrugged it off, thinking maybe I wouldn’t read it. Now I kind of have to. GAH.