Landline tells the story of Georgie, an LA television script writer. Forced to work through the Christmas holidays and cancel a family trip with her daughters and husband to her in-laws, Georgie is put out when her husband Neal goes ahead and takes their daughters on the trip without her.
Georgie can't get her cell phone to work and Neal isn't answering his. In desperation she calls his family home on an old landline phone that she finds in her teenage bedroom at her Mother's house. Low and behold she's talking to Neal. But it's not present day Neal, it's 1998 Neal and Georgie has to steer the conversation as if they were still dating in the hope that she can mend the rift that has grown between them over the years.
Georgie can't get her cell phone to work and Neal isn't answering his. In desperation she calls his family home on an old landline phone that she finds in her teenage bedroom at her Mother's house. Low and behold she's talking to Neal. But it's not present day Neal, it's 1998 Neal and Georgie has to steer the conversation as if they were still dating in the hope that she can mend the rift that has grown between them over the years.
Landline has had rave reviews but I have to say that I found an unsatisfying read - the first fifty or so pages weren't bad, but then the story just seemed to drag on and the same ground seemed to be covered again and again. The 'magic telephone' plot device just did not make sense and was never explained and I just lost interest in the story and the characters. I found the whole book to be very disjointed - as if the author couldn't decide if she were writing a comedy or a romance.
Overall Landline was a big disappointment for me.
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