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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
3.5 stars.
Morton’s writing is exquisite, but I found myself a little lost among the alternating timelines and I’m still trying to straighten the intersecting storylines in my head.
That prose though 🖤
Morton’s writing is exquisite, but I found myself a little lost among the alternating timelines and I’m still trying to straighten the intersecting storylines in my head.
That prose though 🖤
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
La única razón por la que no lo he abandonado es porque me interesaba resolver los misterios propuestos, pero hay que decir que la mezcla de puntos de vista y espacios temporales hacen que se haga muy pesada la lectura. Si no hubiera sido por eso, creo que lo habría disfrutado más.
Es una pena porque tenía interés en leer algo más de la autora, pero por ahora me voy a alejar de sus novelas.
Es una pena porque tenía interés en leer algo más de la autora, pero por ahora me voy a alejar de sus novelas.
I have enjoyed every other Kate Morton audiobook (and have listened to them all). Her writing is fantastic and her pacing is generally perfect - engaging without feeling frantic. This book was more difficult to listen to because it jumped around so much and had such a large cast of characters from many different time periods. Perhaps if I had read the physical book it would have been easier to keep track of what was going on, but it often took me several minutes to determine who was speaking at the beginning of a new chapter. I wanted to love this one, but just didn’t. Even the ending, where everything usually wraps up nicely and anything earlier that bothered me is forgiven, fell flat.
The story building of this historical fiction was so well done. This is the first book I’ve read that time traveled across more than one or two decades. Weaving the stories in a six degrees of separation type of way was a really great idea and the story didn’t fall apart along the way. I really enjoyed this read.
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one just didn't do it for me. It's not a bad book, by any means, but it's my least favorite Morton book. I also LOVE books that take place in multiple time lines, and normally she handles this type of thing so well, but I felt like, in this book it didn't work so well. (For me!)
I've been struggling with trying to describe just what disappointed me so much. I think it might be that Elodie, Pale Joe, Milly/Birdie, Lucy, Leonard etc etc, all got cheated. They all had such amazing stories to tell, but got crammed into one book. I could have easily just read a whole book about Birdie and Pale Joe or Ada. But at the same time I always felt "removed" from the characters. Like, we were just getting the Cliff Notes version of their stories. Maybe it's actually the "gimmick" of the book that didn't work for me. Giving the narration, the point of view, to somebody who is so omniscient robbed us of the closeness and completeness we normally get with her books. And at one point we go at least 150 pages without touching base with our present day character. I don't know. It's such an awesome story, but seemed like the most clunkiest of ways to tell it. Which is very rare for Morton!
I've been struggling with trying to describe just what disappointed me so much. I think it might be that Elodie, Pale Joe, Milly/Birdie, Lucy, Leonard etc etc, all got cheated. They all had such amazing stories to tell, but got crammed into one book. I could have easily just read a whole book about Birdie and Pale Joe or Ada. But at the same time I always felt "removed" from the characters. Like, we were just getting the Cliff Notes version of their stories. Maybe it's actually the "gimmick" of the book that didn't work for me. Giving the narration, the point of view, to somebody who is so omniscient robbed us of the closeness and completeness we normally get with her books. And at one point we go at least 150 pages without touching base with our present day character. I don't know. It's such an awesome story, but seemed like the most clunkiest of ways to tell it. Which is very rare for Morton!
AMAZING! One of my favorite Kate Morton books. A weave of multiple characters and stories. SO GOOD!
I’m not sure I read the same book as all the great reviews. Read this as a book club book and it had so much potential, but sadly missed the mark. Too many characters and time periods it was challenging to end the novel in a satisfying way. The ending was anticlimactic and not worth the time it took to read the book.
Slow slow slow. I’m all for setting up a back story but ugh.