I am reading A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher right now, and I am having trouble getting into it. The MC keeps talking about the WiFi not working at her mother's semi-rural North Carolina house and not having a reliable cell signal. That part is believable. I grew up pretty rural in the US not far from there. But people who live in areas without reliable cell service have landlines! Especially people the age of this character's mom.
I have a feeling the lack of bars is going to be a crucial plot point, and I don't know if I should even keep reading if it's going to annoy me this much! 😆 It's really taking me out of the story.
by Doraellen
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I lived in a rural area without reliable cell. We didn’t have a landlines. No lines even ran in the area I lived.
We’re in a rural area with spotty cell service. We don’t have a land line anymore. Phone companies don’t like land lines. They much prefer that sweet cellular money.