The Wednesday Letters

Customer Reviews

• One of three books that must not be missed  Sep 14, 2007 (47 of 49 found this helpful)

  Do yourself a favor: skip the celeb-gossip books that are bombarding the amazon top ten list, and go straight for The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright, A Beautiful Bucket of Bones by M. Luci, and Mother Theresa: Come Be My Light. If you refuse your voyeur instincts, you will turn to these novels and find the rewarding feelings of love and hope that all three so graciously inspire.
  
  The Wednesday Letters is a classic American story filled with dreams and the struggles that surround them. A happily married couple, the Coopers, die in each others arms after a life of hard work, faith and love. Their children return for their funeral and find letters that not only show them the secrets of the lives they thought they knew, but guide them to the point of self-discovery, acceptance, and peace. It is a heartwarming story that will satisfy anyone who has ever had a dream and has had to find a way to move along when that dream dies.
  

• A fabulous book!  Sep 12, 2007 (28 of 32 found this helpful)

  What a great book. It made me laugh and cry. The relationship within the family was so realistic and believable to anyone that has siblings. I loved the local landmarks and the pride of living in a small town. The ending was so shocking and unexpected I had to read the last two chapters over again to really believe it. Sit down and be prepared to enjoy a really fabulous book!

• I want Wednesday letters, too!!!!  Jan 2, 2008 (18 of 21 found this helpful)

  What a love story!!!! I "read" this story in my car and I have to say I took a lot of long drives. I could not stop. It's been a month or so since I read this, so I'll not try to give you the details of the book... Amazon has done an excellent job of doing that. What does stand out in my mind are those Wednesday letters and how much this man loved his wife for all of those years up until the day he died. I cannot recommend this story enough. It's one that you'll be thinking about for days. It makes you feel good after all the dust has settled. I wish this kind of love for all of us. Happy reading! JMHO //(*_*)\\

• Overrated Poorly Written Book  Oct 18, 2007 (24 of 29 found this helpful)

  I don't understand the positive reviews of this book I have read. One reviewer said~ His characters are flawed, genuine, humorous, noble, and lovable. No they're not! One of the central characters, Malcom, has major anger issues, he beat a man nearly to death, jumped bail and left the country and doesn't even contact his family for most of the two years he was gone. And he had been in trouble for other things before this. Does that sound humorous, noble or loveable??
  I actually found his character to be annoying. He was immature and needed anger management. And we are to believe Rain is still in love with him? With his behavior, WHY would she be? Apparently she has issues of her own.
  None of the other characters have any real depth of personality or passion. You don't get a real sense of who anyone is, despite Wright's poor attempts.
  I also just did not feel a genuine sense of grief from the characters at the death of their parents. They were even late to the viewing at the funeral home. If they were able to lose track of time and forget, they aren't too broken up.
  I found this book to be a dull, boring read.
  As for the concept of the writing of the letters every week and the idea for readers to start this tradition being genius, I don't think so. Even the author says most of the letters are boring and mundane.
  I imagined passionate meaningful letters. It just wasn't there.
  And in real life, noone cares to read a boring letter written just for the sake of writing. The letters should be heartfelt and passionate, or not written at all.
  Yes, there is an overall message about forgiveness, which is good, but that doesn't change that this book wasn't well written.
  

• One of the most disappointing books ever  Mar 30, 2009 (7 of 7 found this helpful)

  I didn't have very high expectations to begin with; I just needed a book for vacation. This was a doozy though. The characters were almost completely undeveloped - it felt as though it was written by [...] trying to fill up enough pages for a book. The names of the characters were so stupid it was hard to read - A&P, nick named after the supermarket but with no explanation why. I left my copy on the plane and feel sorry for the next person who reads it. A truly mind-numbing experience.