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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What an exceptional read. I finished this book two days ago....but.... I still think about it. I'm speechless. What can I say? It's beautiful, poignant, gut-wrenching, thrilling, exhilarating..... this book, the plot, the writing style, pace, layout, characters, sentence structure, themes, motifs... EVERYTHING was exceptional, beautiful, UNFORGETTABLE.
This book will stay with me for a long time.
This book will stay with me for a long time.
Written from a daughter’s point of view. Her father abducted her mother. The three of them lived in a marsh in Michigan. There are dual time lines of childhood memories and young adult life away from the marsh. Character development is excellent and the story moves along quickly. There are descriptions of abuse and other violence but it is not gratuitous. Those descriptions help in understanding the story. I really enjoyed it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tyle się naczytałam o tej książce dobrych opinii i szumnych recenzji, że w końcu postanowiłam zapoznać się z opisywaną przez autorkę historią. Już po przeczytaniu pierwszych stron wiedziałam, że będzie źle. Nuda, nuda i jeszcze raz nuda. Dodatkowo książka pisana w pierwszej osobie, powoduje u mnie odruch działania czerwonej płachty na byka. Nie jestem w stanie przebrnąć przez tę meganudną fabułę, stąd książka (pierwsza w historii, której nie ukończyłam:)) poszła w odstawkę, a ja z przyjemnością zaczęłam zgłębiać ciekawsze lektury.
1/2020
My second reading of The Marsh King's Daughter found me as riveted as the first. I am amazed at the descriptive details.
2018 review:
After I read The Marsh King's Daughter on First Look Book Club, and did not win a copy of the book, I requested the galley but did not get one. It has garnered rave reviews. It is set in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and mentions places I have seen on vacation: Tahquamenon Falls, Seney, and Newberry. Karen Dionne is a Metro Detroit author.
Last spring, I put my name on the waiting list to borrow the ebook from the library through Libby. It finally came to me this week!
I read it in two evenings, staying up late to finish it.
Helena has kept her past a secret from her husband. She needed to escape the public eye so she changed her name and created another past. Her carefully constructed world come toppling down when the police come to her door because her father has escaped from prison. Helena's husband learns she is the daughter of the infamous Marsh King who had kidnapped her teenaged mother. and held her, and their child, hostage for years.
Helena grew up in the marshes, admiring her father who taught her to hunt and survive on the land. He had a brutal side and dealt out harsh punishments. She did not know anything else until she saw a happy family at Tahquamenon Falls--the first outsiders she had ever seen. When Helena was fourteen her mother tells her the truth, and Helena orchestrates their escape.
Helena knows she is the only person who can find her father. While she tracks her father through the territory she explored at his side we learn of her childhood and understand her turmoil. Helena knows too well her father is a narcissistic psychopath, but she also recalls how she loved him and the wilderness survival skills he taught her.
The novel is informed by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale The Marsh King's Daughter.
Michigan is beautifully portrayed in Dionne's descriptions. The wildness, the flora and fauna, the tourist traps, and the brutal deforestation are all encountered.
The Marsh King’s Daughter is in development as a feature film.
My second reading of The Marsh King's Daughter found me as riveted as the first. I am amazed at the descriptive details.
2018 review:
After I read The Marsh King's Daughter on First Look Book Club, and did not win a copy of the book, I requested the galley but did not get one. It has garnered rave reviews. It is set in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and mentions places I have seen on vacation: Tahquamenon Falls, Seney, and Newberry. Karen Dionne is a Metro Detroit author.
Last spring, I put my name on the waiting list to borrow the ebook from the library through Libby. It finally came to me this week!
I read it in two evenings, staying up late to finish it.
Helena has kept her past a secret from her husband. She needed to escape the public eye so she changed her name and created another past. Her carefully constructed world come toppling down when the police come to her door because her father has escaped from prison. Helena's husband learns she is the daughter of the infamous Marsh King who had kidnapped her teenaged mother. and held her, and their child, hostage for years.
Helena grew up in the marshes, admiring her father who taught her to hunt and survive on the land. He had a brutal side and dealt out harsh punishments. She did not know anything else until she saw a happy family at Tahquamenon Falls--the first outsiders she had ever seen. When Helena was fourteen her mother tells her the truth, and Helena orchestrates their escape.
Helena knows she is the only person who can find her father. While she tracks her father through the territory she explored at his side we learn of her childhood and understand her turmoil. Helena knows too well her father is a narcissistic psychopath, but she also recalls how she loved him and the wilderness survival skills he taught her.
The novel is informed by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale The Marsh King's Daughter.
Michigan is beautifully portrayed in Dionne's descriptions. The wildness, the flora and fauna, the tourist traps, and the brutal deforestation are all encountered.
The Marsh King’s Daughter is in development as a feature film.
Excellent psychological thriller, with a unique premise. Received this as a giveaway and so glad I did!
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes