Reviews - Mademoiselle Eiffel

39 reviews for:

Mademoiselle Eiffel

Aimie K. Runyan

3.87 AVERAGE

hayleym24's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

suewise's review against another edition

4.25

informative relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

prncss1204's review

4.0

adventurous emotional informative 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: No

jkimber's review

3.0

informative slow-paced

chelz286's review

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

We all know this iconic structure, but do you know any of the history behind it? The family behind it and how it almost didn't come to be? This was so fascinating to read! I really didn't know much about the Eiffel Tower and this was a great read into the Eiffel family and what this structure was to Gustave and Claire. Claire has been forced to grow up very quickly when her mother passes at an early age. Running the household at fourteen and becoming mother to all her younger siblings she also seems to fall into the role of assistant to her father. Gustave Eiffel is known for his bridges and architecture, so when he puts a bid in for the Eiffel Tower for the great fair that will be coming to Paris, this will be the most intricate and largest of his structures yet. But it is a gamble that will either make or break the Eiffel family. Everything is sitting on this structure being successful and Claire believes in it. She knows her father believes in it as well and they put everything on the line. As we all know, this is still standing to this day, but that was not the original plan. I loved this read. I loved all the history as well as learning all about the Eiffel family. There is so much more to this story and if you love the Eiffel Tower, or Paris itself, this is a must read! Thank you to the author for the complementary novel and bookish goodies and thank you to Suzy Approved Book Tours for the invite. Aimee has become an auto-read for me! Her books are just so well written! This review is of my own opinion and accord.

sarahsbookstack's review

4.5

informative inspiring medium-paced

I think the Eiffel Today is such a fascinating piece of history, especially if you know all the scientific and physics applications it possesses (if you don't, read up on it, I think it's so fascinating).

But this was a look into the daughter of Eiffel, Claire. Not much is really known of her so this is an imagining of her life. She was a help to her father in so many ways- became a mother figure at age 14 to her siblings and helped her father in his business.

The sights and sounds of Paris come through in this book, I could just imagine being there and watching the Tower go up. I had no idea that Eiffel was taken to court for another project so I learned some new things in this story.