My Review:

This was my first read by Jennifer Weiner, so I honestly had no expectations going into this book.  I just knew that this was a subject matter that a lot of people silently face, so that peaked my interest and boy, what a roller coaster ride it was!  It reminded me of a train wreck that you know is going to happen but you just can't cover your eyes or go away, and you just sit and watch, wide-eyed and mouth gaping wide open in horror as it all happens!

The narrator, Tracee Chimo, did a spectacular job at voicing this story!  It appears that this very well may be her first publication, and if that is a case, you would have never been able to tell by listening to her!  I can't give her enough praise for such a wonderful reading voice!  And for the parts that she played Ellie, my gosh, she sounded just like a little girl!  She did a great job of distinguishing characters from each other!  She is a top-notch narrator that many authors should jump at the chance to have Chimo narrate their book!

I think that the story is thorough (maybe too-much so) and complete!  I do feel that parts of it drag along, so there could have been some parts that wouldn't have hurt to have been left out.  However, I believe that every author writes what they write for a reason, and perhaps she felt that all the little details were necessary to get the full story across.

I think that this is a real-life problem, that happens to your every day person, and that it is great that Weiner wrote this to help get awareness out.  Too often, people don't think they have a problem until it's too late, and denial is a hideous thing!  This book shows exactly that!

The main character, Allison Weiss was really built up, but I felt like all the other characters lack a bit. I understand that the story was about Allison, however, I think the story would have benefited from a little more for each character!   I also felt like the author touched on the side-parts of the story, but that's it, just touched on it enough to mention it and nothing from there.

I was a little disappointed at the uncertainty of the ending.  I am the type of reader that likes a definitive this or that happened, so it always drives me nuts to read an entire book and then still wonder what happens afterward, especially when it doesn't appear that a sequel will be written.

Overall, I enjoyed listening to the narrator and the story.  I do feel like there was a bit too much detail in Allison's story, and not enough character detail, and the ending left me open to questions, hence the 3 star rating.  I wouldn't hesitate to pick up another title by Jennifer Weiner and I absolutely would line up to listen to another book narrated by Tracee Chimo!