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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
It went on and on jumping all over with multiple characters and not really digging deep to develop them fully. I finished it only because I started it not because it was good. The book wasn’t great sorry.
Should be labeled fantasy on all levels. This author had an agenda to get over no matter if it didn’t make sense. Confederate and black men are painted so weakly in character (feathers with no backbone) and the women are like invisible supporting cast…. until towards the end which seemed out of step with the rest of this “book”. This book has been blinded by the author’s agenda could have been great though
Should be labeled fantasy on all levels. This author had an agenda to get over no matter if it didn’t make sense. Confederate and black men are painted so weakly in character (feathers with no backbone) and the women are like invisible supporting cast…. until towards the end which seemed out of step with the rest of this “book”. This book has been blinded by the author’s agenda could have been great though
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
This book had big Of Mice and Men vibes but it was super slow and way too long. Unlike with OMAM, Harris tried to give it a happy ending, but there was no way to get a happy ending out of this story. It was painful to read.
3.5
Definitely would recommend reading this slow burning, beautifully written, book.
Definitely would recommend reading this slow burning, beautifully written, book.
I really enjoyed this, and the narration on the audiobook was perfect.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oprah hit the mark with selecting this book for her club series. My only complaint…I wanted more!
Wow, this book put me through it. It felt a little slow at the beginning, but then it sucker-punched me and kept me riveted through to the end.
This is beautifully written, with the kind of plot and characterization that has staying power. I wish there were a few more women characters, but Isabelle is so fantastic that she almost makes up for it. I highly recommend this book. It may make you cry. But it's worth it.
This is beautifully written, with the kind of plot and characterization that has staying power. I wish there were a few more women characters, but Isabelle is so fantastic that she almost makes up for it. I highly recommend this book. It may make you cry. But it's worth it.
A beautiful story that shows how little people change from one century to the next. The relevance to our current age is both obvious and subtle: obvious in that the Civil War lingers on in the American imaginary, and subtle in that the feelings and assumptions of the characters are more familiar to us than we may be comfortable with.