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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
A good book, but a little hard to follow in ebook format because of the multiple narrators and voices. I loved the twist, although it reminded me of a similar twist in Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Kate Morton always delivers an intricately woven, gripping story and this one is no exception.
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, War
Minor: Infidelity, Car accident
Definitely not my favourite of her books. Spoiler alert - if I had known a large chunk of the book was narrated by a ghost I probably wouldn't have picked it up.
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my very most favorite Kate Morton book, but I really enjoy her writing style. She is a master storyteller and it was fun to read. She is really good at transporting the reader to another place and time.
Assigned to me for a book club. Life is too short to read books you don’t care about.
I didn't like this nearly as much as the other novels I've read by this author. The ending was really unsatisfying and left a bunch of the storylines unresolved.
Kate Morton is an artist in every true sense of the word. Her writing and weaving of this story was poetic and beautiful and there were many a paragraph I couldn't help but underline or write down elsewhere. The telling of the story through many voices throughout time and seeing how and where they all connected was a captivating method which enrinched the story tremendously; giving us more characters to love. Morton's characters were all incredibly dynamic, unique, and never failed to remain interesting.
I will admit though, I expected more mystery and might I say suspense? in this novel rather than simply the slow, steady unraveling of whatever happened in the summer of 1862.
But overall, this is a book that will find itself kept close to my heart.
I will admit though, I expected more mystery and might I say suspense? in this novel rather than simply the slow, steady unraveling of whatever happened in the summer of 1862.
But overall, this is a book that will find itself kept close to my heart.