Reviews

Never No More by Maura Laverty

mk92's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

martydah's review

5.0

I thoroughly enjoy this sweet story of young Delia Scully and her Gran, living in the small town of Ballyderrig near the Bog of Allen, Ireland. Anyone who has had a beloved grandmother will recognize her in Delia's feisty, loving, first rate cook of a Gran. In 1920. Delia's father dies, and unable to get along with her mother, she goes to stay with her Gran until she is 17. A good share of the book is devoted to food and how it's made, the fascinating local characters and their equally fascinating histories that populate Ballyderrig. There is even the specter of the IRA and the recent troubles between Republicans and those who with to remain British subjects, but it is only a minor thread in this cozy domestic story.