A Small Crowd of Strangers

Joanna Rose’s second novel, A Small Crowd of Strangers, is the perfect choice to read now, at a time when it can be hard to hang onto compassion and hope. Rose has compassion for her flawed heroine, Pattianne Anthony, and the strangers she meets as she tries to figure out where home is. Rose’s sense......more

I enjoyed the depiction of a marital relationship that wasn't what it initially seemed. Ms Rose did an excellent job of showing us the evolution of this relationship and of the main character in the book.......more

I am torn over my reaction to this book. I gave it 2 stars but on another day I might give it 5. I found the novel exceptionally well written and compelling. But the problem is with the main character, who I saw as an unbelievably self absorbed individual who is driven by her emotions and feelings a......more

Because of all the positive reviews for A Small Crowd of Strangers, I really tried to like this book, but the characters were so bland and off-putting that I had little interest in following their journeys of self-discovery. I also thought the conversations were lacking and I just could not immerse......more

My first comment is, there’s a lot going on here! Overall, it’s a grownup coming-of-age story, an adult character discovering her own skin and choosing to move into it, even though it means a complete change of course. Pattianne learns what she is not, then she enters a phase of finding out what she......more