Official Review: Julie & Kishore by Carol Jackson
Posted: 01 Jul 2016, 08:15
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Julie & Kishore" by Carol Jackson.]
3 out of 4 stars
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** Review of Julie and Kishore by Carol Jackson**
Every little girl dreams of her perfect wedding. Where it will take place, what kind of dress she will wear, which of her friends will be by her side, and all the sparkly additives that go in to weddings. But the main thought that these little girls have is who their perfect partner will be. Of course, as a little girl, more than likely the source of all this imagining comes from something you have watched on T.V., or read about in a book or magazine. Reading about Julie and Kishore brings out the inner young girl in all of us who has a dream about a perfect wedding.
Covered in freckles and barely peeking out from a frizz of fiery red hair, Julie was never a confident girl. She considered herself to be a “plain-Jane,” or Julie, for the books sake. She would watch in amazement the beautiful women around her and on the television who would just parade around with their good looks and not a single care in the world.
The other dream Julie has as a young girl is to become a veterinary nurse. At the time in Julie’s adult life that we are fully introduced to her, she is working as a junior veterinary nurse, with only two years remaining until she can be a qualified vet nurse. She gets stuck in some sort of a “funk,” where she is unable to fathom the thought of living in the same way. Something changes her, and she ends up deciding to leave the veterinary nursing program to deliver office supplies, which in turn, delivers her to Kishore instead. The story follows the developing and underestimated love of two young individuals who face challenges of racial biased friends and family, as well as a true understanding of one another.
Overall, this story kept me engrossed throughout, and I kept myself glued to the story page after page. There were times when I found myself questioning the information provided about the Indian heritage, upon which I would look up online, but I quickly found out that this author has more than done her research, as she also listed more information and recipes at the end.
I read the book throughout in roughly one day, because I found myself unable to put it down. I did find myself partially annoyed by some grammatical and punctuation errors, but nothing major enough to cause me to stop reading the book (and yes, that has happened before.) I also seemed somewhat confused through parts of the book because of how the narration was done. The story is told in the beginning about the life of Julie before Kishore and the life of Kishore before Julie. Once they meet, it is told mostly from Julie’s point of view, but seems the author could not really make a decision on whether she wanted the story to be a third person narration, or a point of view from the two main characters.
It wasn’t until the very end of the book that I knew without doubt what kind of rating I would give Julie and Kishore. I truly enjoyed reading the love story that captivated these two genuine hearts, and would recommend others to read. I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars. I honestly would have given the book 4 starts if the story would have been a rotation of narration back and forth from Julie to Kishore, however, we never get to hear the story from Kishore, we only hear his parts in third person, or from Julie. I would have liked to get a better picture of his thoughts and feelings from moving to a new country, to meeting the girl who changed his life.
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Julie & Kishore
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-- July 5th, 2016, 2:27 pm --
I would totally love some feedback from fellow reviewers, as this is my first review! Thanks guys!
-- July 14th, 2016, 3:12 pm --
Also, please ignore the few typos throughout- as you are unable to edit once the post has been published.
-- August 17th, 2016, 8:33 pm --
Since reading more about this author, I'm facinated to learn that this is loosely based on her life.
3 out of 4 stars
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** Review of Julie and Kishore by Carol Jackson**
Every little girl dreams of her perfect wedding. Where it will take place, what kind of dress she will wear, which of her friends will be by her side, and all the sparkly additives that go in to weddings. But the main thought that these little girls have is who their perfect partner will be. Of course, as a little girl, more than likely the source of all this imagining comes from something you have watched on T.V., or read about in a book or magazine. Reading about Julie and Kishore brings out the inner young girl in all of us who has a dream about a perfect wedding.
Covered in freckles and barely peeking out from a frizz of fiery red hair, Julie was never a confident girl. She considered herself to be a “plain-Jane,” or Julie, for the books sake. She would watch in amazement the beautiful women around her and on the television who would just parade around with their good looks and not a single care in the world.
The other dream Julie has as a young girl is to become a veterinary nurse. At the time in Julie’s adult life that we are fully introduced to her, she is working as a junior veterinary nurse, with only two years remaining until she can be a qualified vet nurse. She gets stuck in some sort of a “funk,” where she is unable to fathom the thought of living in the same way. Something changes her, and she ends up deciding to leave the veterinary nursing program to deliver office supplies, which in turn, delivers her to Kishore instead. The story follows the developing and underestimated love of two young individuals who face challenges of racial biased friends and family, as well as a true understanding of one another.
Overall, this story kept me engrossed throughout, and I kept myself glued to the story page after page. There were times when I found myself questioning the information provided about the Indian heritage, upon which I would look up online, but I quickly found out that this author has more than done her research, as she also listed more information and recipes at the end.
I read the book throughout in roughly one day, because I found myself unable to put it down. I did find myself partially annoyed by some grammatical and punctuation errors, but nothing major enough to cause me to stop reading the book (and yes, that has happened before.) I also seemed somewhat confused through parts of the book because of how the narration was done. The story is told in the beginning about the life of Julie before Kishore and the life of Kishore before Julie. Once they meet, it is told mostly from Julie’s point of view, but seems the author could not really make a decision on whether she wanted the story to be a third person narration, or a point of view from the two main characters.
It wasn’t until the very end of the book that I knew without doubt what kind of rating I would give Julie and Kishore. I truly enjoyed reading the love story that captivated these two genuine hearts, and would recommend others to read. I rate this book a 3 out of 4 stars. I honestly would have given the book 4 starts if the story would have been a rotation of narration back and forth from Julie to Kishore, however, we never get to hear the story from Kishore, we only hear his parts in third person, or from Julie. I would have liked to get a better picture of his thoughts and feelings from moving to a new country, to meeting the girl who changed his life.
******
Julie & Kishore
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Like klbradley's review? Post a comment saying so!
-- July 5th, 2016, 2:27 pm --
I would totally love some feedback from fellow reviewers, as this is my first review! Thanks guys!
-- July 14th, 2016, 3:12 pm --
Also, please ignore the few typos throughout- as you are unable to edit once the post has been published.
-- August 17th, 2016, 8:33 pm --
Since reading more about this author, I'm facinated to learn that this is loosely based on her life.
