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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
From London to Australia, the l-o-n-g story unfolds in the current day as the reader is s-l-o-w-l-y offered bite-sized glimpses from several points of view of a tragic event that happened sixty years prior. Homecoming is a good read, but Morton could have effectively delivered it in 300 pages instead of 552.
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A great, twisty slow burn mystery set in Australia. Enjoyed trying yo work out what had happened with the Turner family as I listened to the story. Thought I'd worked it out then there was another twist.
Well written, believable characters, was good to see how the three women, Nora, Polly & Jess were connected to each other and how their relationships with each other had waned and strengthened (the ups & downs) as time went on and how Jess and Polly individually reacted to revelations.
Well written, believable characters, was good to see how the three women, Nora, Polly & Jess were connected to each other and how their relationships with each other had waned and strengthened (the ups & downs) as time went on and how Jess and Polly individually reacted to revelations.
Good story that took too long to tell. I liked the flashbacks better that the narrator of current day.
⭐️3! I love alternate timelines especially in a mystery, but this one had too much fluff for me. I found my eyes glazing over a few too many times but the ending wrapped up nicely!
I am often intimated by Kate Morton's books (this one in particular, I checked out large print so it was extra huge!) but every one I've read I have recommended to others. This is no exception. I guessed some of the twists and turns but not how she would carry the story to get there. Found it very well done.
This 544 page book could have been written with 300 pages. The author often repeated herself. I have liked her other books so continued to the end. Part IX did have some surprises! Glad that I did read the entire book!
Jess lives in England and gets a call that the grandmother who raised her, Nora, has taken a fall and is in the hospital (in Australia) so Jess books a flight home. What follows is a series of discoveries of family secrets, deceptions, misunderstandings…
- This was the slowest slow burn. I almost got too bored to continue, and if I’d been reading the physical book (rather than an ebook) I likely would’ve scanned over many pages and skipped ahead. It was TOO slow.
- The biggest questions in the book were what happened to the Turner family and why did Isabel kill herself and her children? What was disappointing was that it was crystal clear from the jump that she hadn’t. The author wanted us to question her sanity and go back and forth on the did she/didnt she, but I never once thought she did (and that’s not me calling myself clever.)
- I also thought it was quite obvious from
the beginning that Polly was Thea. That felt like it was meant to be a shocking reveal. It wasn’t.
- The actual “whodunnit” and “howdunnit” reveal was a satisfying tie off but not a jaw dropping shocker by any means.
- This is one of those books where I find myself wondering whether the author actually wanted us to like ANY of the characters. I think the only one I liked in the whole book was Daniel Miller.
- A miss in this book is any kind of resolution regarding Thomas Turner. We hear so highly of him in the beginning but that just kind of ends … Nora was enamored with her brother but they both let their relationship die away. It was just kind of unsatisfying.
That said, overall I did give it a very generous 4 stars and I stand by that rating. It kept me interested, and I liked the slides back in time to hear about life in 1959 Australia.
- This was the slowest slow burn. I almost got too bored to continue, and if I’d been reading the physical book (rather than an ebook) I likely would’ve scanned over many pages and skipped ahead. It was TOO slow.
- The biggest questions in the book were what happened to the Turner family and why did Isabel kill herself and her children? What was disappointing was that it was crystal clear from the jump that she hadn’t. The author wanted us to question her sanity and go back and forth on the did she/didnt she, but I never once thought she did (and that’s not me calling myself clever.)
- I also thought it was quite obvious from
the beginning that Polly was Thea. That felt like it was meant to be a shocking reveal. It wasn’t.
- The actual “whodunnit” and “howdunnit” reveal was a satisfying tie off but not a jaw dropping shocker by any means.
- This is one of those books where I find myself wondering whether the author actually wanted us to like ANY of the characters. I think the only one I liked in the whole book was Daniel Miller.
- A miss in this book is any kind of resolution regarding Thomas Turner. We hear so highly of him in the beginning but that just kind of ends … Nora was enamored with her brother but they both let their relationship die away. It was just kind of unsatisfying.
That said, overall I did give it a very generous 4 stars and I stand by that rating. It kept me interested, and I liked the slides back in time to hear about life in 1959 Australia.
As with other books I’ve read by Ms. Morton, the first 200 pages are a challenge. However, the remainder of the book is impossible to put down.