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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
Listed as the second book by this author. Much shorter than her more recent works (that’s a plus). Good storyline & character development. Had a mystical theme that I wasn’t expecting. Fast read.
Apart from the shallowest heroine I've ever encountered, the book wasn't bad. Heck, it made me go look up the legend of Cibola, so I was all nice and "up" on the story for when I went to see National Treasure 2.
Oooh one of Kristen Hannah’s earliest books and it wasn’t a great read. Started off interesting enough but soooo repetitive (ok we know that the main characters are damaged by their childhoods please please stop telling us about them!) and when she described the main female character as having the body of a whore that was it for me!!! We all have to start somewhere and I’m glad she wrote this as she may not be the writer she is today if she didn’t start somewhere - I just wouldn’t recommend reading this - but her later works are for the most part amazing
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-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
[b:The Enchantment|909000|The Enchantment|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387727684s/909000.jpg|288286] by [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] is a story of two broken people on a quest of treasure and romance. Emmaline Hatter, aka the Mad Hatter of Wall Street, has lost everything in the economic crash of 1893. Larence Digby, a crippled professor at Columbia University, has dreamed his entire life of finding the lost Native American city of Cibola. Before the economic crash, Emmaline donated $10,000 to Larence's expedition as an owed favor to a mutual friend. Realizing that this already funded expedition is all she has left, Emmaline sets out on the journey with Larence through the desert of New Mexico in search of this lost city that will, if found, restore all of her fortune and then some. To Larence, this expedition is his life's work; the treasures he hopes to find there represent more than simple monetary value and he is determine to convince Emmaline of this before they reach the city he is confident he can find.
Pros:
• I was very impressed that [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] could make what would seem like a very boring trip through the desert interesting. The story never dragged and kept me turning page after page.
• Both main characters were very complex with multiple layers of hurt and mistrust they had to help each other dig their way out from.
• The emotions, for the most part, felt very real.
Cons:
• Normally having a story told from two points of view isn't a problem; however, in this book [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] hops back and forth from paragraph to paragraph without some type of break between the two perspectives. It was a little confusing at first and simply annoying after I got used to it.
• I was really loving this story and thinking that I would end up giving it a 4 or 5 star rating. Then, about 2/3 of the way in it turned away from the great adventure and into more of a Harlequin romance novel. It crashed and burned pretty quickly for me after that.
Pros:
• I was very impressed that [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] could make what would seem like a very boring trip through the desert interesting. The story never dragged and kept me turning page after page.
• Both main characters were very complex with multiple layers of hurt and mistrust they had to help each other dig their way out from.
• The emotions, for the most part, felt very real.
Cons:
• Normally having a story told from two points of view isn't a problem; however, in this book [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] hops back and forth from paragraph to paragraph without some type of break between the two perspectives. It was a little confusing at first and simply annoying after I got used to it.
• I was really loving this story and thinking that I would end up giving it a 4 or 5 star rating. Then, about 2/3 of the way in it turned away from the great adventure and into more of a Harlequin romance novel. It crashed and burned pretty quickly for me after that.
Spoiler
• Larence's description of Emmaline as being a "breathtakingly beautiful woman who had the face of a Madonna, the brain of a railroad tycoon, and the body of a high-priced whore" was disappointing. Does a woman's body really need to be compared to a whore in order for it to be attractive and beautiful?
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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