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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
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
A lovely description of places and a great cast of characters. I enjoyed the twists and turns, though some elements of the story were a bit unsatisfying particularly that Nora was actually a pretty terrible person to a lot of people, but nobody seemed that upset by her . Overall, very readable.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
slow-paced
It was okay. I was expecting more of a mystery type thing, but this wasn’t bad. The real plot took place in like the last 200ish pages. It did drag and I don’t think I’m ever going to read a 500 page book ever again.
In 1959 a delivery man stumbles upon a horrific scene.
Sixty years later, secrets will be exposed, as out of work journalist Jess comes back to her childhood home to care for her ailing grandmother.
This was my first Kate Morton book, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
In the end the story was a good one. When you find out what happened that Christmas back in 1959, it was definitely a great reveal. But it took so long to get there.
I’m all for a slow burn, but this 560 page book took a long time to get to the heart of the story, and I did not always love the meandering path it took to get there.
You know that feeling when you watch something on TV and think
“that was a good mini series, but would have made a great movie.”
That’s how I feel about this book. I would have loved it, had it been shorter.
I just felt like the book was long, but the story itself was much shorter. If I’m going to read a 560 page book, I want every page to mean something, I want every page to add something to the story, and I don’t think this book hit that mark.
Sixty years later, secrets will be exposed, as out of work journalist Jess comes back to her childhood home to care for her ailing grandmother.
This was my first Kate Morton book, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
In the end the story was a good one. When you find out what happened that Christmas back in 1959, it was definitely a great reveal. But it took so long to get there.
I’m all for a slow burn, but this 560 page book took a long time to get to the heart of the story, and I did not always love the meandering path it took to get there.
You know that feeling when you watch something on TV and think
“that was a good mini series, but would have made a great movie.”
That’s how I feel about this book. I would have loved it, had it been shorter.
I just felt like the book was long, but the story itself was much shorter. If I’m going to read a 560 page book, I want every page to mean something, I want every page to add something to the story, and I don’t think this book hit that mark.