Not gonna lie - I didn't even know this WAS a sequel, until I was done reading it. I liked it enough that I kind of want to go back and read the first one. However, I don't know that I feel it absolutely necessary - but maybe if I did, something inside me would like One Year better? I struggled with the purpose of this book until the very end, which I found frustrating on a regular basis. I shared my journey through this book with my students, being honest that I didn't want to give up on it, but I wasn't really enjoying it, either. I kept reading to find out why I should keep reading. I thought it odd that this young girl would be so obsessed with her uncle's love life. Being a single middle-aged adult, my niece is solely obsessed with me having a baby for her to hold - she couldn't care less if I have a husband or not. I did, however, by the end of the book, really enjoy Primrose and her quirks, leading me to think I enjoyed the book more than I realized during the process. I don't, however, know which students I would recommend this to.... This sequel to Everything on a Waffle brings Primrose back, and the plot revolves around her machinations to get her uncle Jack together with the owner of the Girl on the Red Swing restaurant (the one that serves everything on a waffle). The fact that everything does come together in almost Dickensian fashion by the end doesn't rob from the fact that none of it happens the way Primrose wants it to. Nothing is really in her control, and she goes through a lot to figure this out. But while she was doing so, I thought she became a really annoying busybody and found that I didn't like her as much as I did in Waffle. But by the end of the story I didn't mind even this character flaw so much. I think Horvath was more preachy in delivering the 'life lessons' through Primrose's ending reflections, but it was an enjoyable experience despite these shortcomings. Not my favorite Horvath, but worth the bedtimes we spent listening to the audiobook.
What do You think about One Year In Coal Harbor (2012)?
Random HouseSept 2012Net Galleysequel to Everything on a Waffle
—nannerz
Sometimes serious, often funny, and always enjoyable.
—oxymoronikal
I found Everything on a Waffle really ordinary...
—Roel
