Sign in with Facebook
Jen's Reviews > The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs #4)
by
by
This Fannie Flagg novel started out so strong, but toward the end I was reading just to end the story and move on. I didn't realize this was the 4th book in a series about Elmwood Springs, Missouri. That could be why it felt so disjointed and pointless.
The story follows the town from the founding to the present with residents continuing to watch the rest of the town from the town cemetery after they die. The novel had the quirky characters you expect from Flagg's books, but the plot was non-existent and the characters seemed to pass in and out of the story too quickly for me to care or remember them when they resurfaced.
The story follows the town from the founding to the present with residents continuing to watch the rest of the town from the town cemetery after they die. The novel had the quirky characters you expect from Flagg's books, but the plot was non-existent and the characters seemed to pass in and out of the story too quickly for me to care or remember them when they resurfaced.
Sign into Goodreads to see if any of your friends have read
The Whole Town's Talking.
Sign In »
Reading Progress
October 4, 2016
–
Started Reading
October 4, 2016
– Shelved
October 24, 2016
–
Finished Reading
Comments Showing 1-4 of 4 (4 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Gila
(new)
-
rated it 2 stars
Apr 17, 2017 04:50PM
That is exactly how I felt about this book!!!
reply
|
flag
Same here. As I kept reading I also kept thinking there must be something else coming, this can't be all there is. But alas, nothing came.
Exactly, but the ending just irritated me. After reading a book with no plot, I was at least looking forward to seeing where the people were mysteriously disappearing to only to be disappointed all over.
It helps to have read the other books, making this the icing on the cake. The Epilogue reveals where the deceased who disappeared ended up.
