Books The Cottage
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Rating: - Saddest Geri Hill novel I have ever read...
Geri Hill's The Cottage was the saddest Geri book I have ever read...In it one of the characters dies, and the other makes great discoveries about herself including Lesbianism...and ofcourse the facts of why her marriage does not work...A great portrayal of "going through the motions". In other older books that I have read with these subjects the Men are always portrayed one diminsionally nothing new there. In the intro Geri thanks some people for their help with this. Face it if one is a Lesbian she probably has never lived with a man. I think she did a believable job with this and made it loving and poignent not a happy ending which is one of the reasons I read these books.

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Rating: - Good read but hated the beginning...and the ending
I knew in the opening pages that this was not going to be a typical happy ending story...and it wasn't. However, I really enjoyed the rest of the story. =0)

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Rating: - This was pushed out the door quickly
like many of the other reviewers I too own most of Gerri Hill's books.
I was sorry I bought this book.
There is a great sad story here about friendship and loss. But Gerri never explores it. She leaves too many dangling questions. No, I don't think a solution should come with every book.
This book was short and a bit rushed. There could of been so much more to tell us and make us feel more involved in the story.
I think reviewers mostly lesbian ones - would rather be kind and positive ,then give an honest review.
I felt cheated out of a story that could have been and after finishing this book - the only thing on my mind was WTHF!

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Rating: - She's streching her wings
I do enjoy Gerri Hills books. This book was a great change of pace. Though this book is a real tear-jerker, and doesn't follow her usual light-hearted rythm, I'm glad that she is pushing her comfort zone. She is an excellent writer with great dialogue and charatar development. It would be great to see the world of lesbian writing move beyond the basic romance and fantasy books into the world of real literture. Gerri Hill has the ablity, as long as she keeps taking the risks.