Reviews - The Turtle House

237 reviews for:

The Turtle House

Amanda Churchill

4.1 AVERAGE

misstwild2's review

I got about 55 pages into the book and just wasn’t pulled in at all. I wasn’t compelled to read it and didn’t think there was much here I hadn’t read before, so, sadly, DNF for me.

eelitorr's review

4.75

emotional reflective sad tense

Talk about a page turner. Amazing story. The timeline of events was so original. Such a unique take. Highly recommend.

harukoharu's review

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

linnea1m's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

emily_reynolds's review

4.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Content Warnings

suzanne2712's review

4.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

susan_e's review

2.25

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jkxmilmom88's review

3.0

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rabbit_reads's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

mcathreads's review

4.0

emotional 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

I really enjoyed the stories of the two main characters. The beginning of the novel was time consuming to get through because of the many Japanese words. Some I understood why the author kept them in Japanese- there isn't a good English translation- but others could easily have been put in English. I know someone who has 4 years of college Japanese and lived in Osaka for a year and she wasn't familiar with a few of the words. Once I got through that section, I could get absorbed in the character's lives. I was surprised that the author had little to say about the prejudice a Japanese women would experience moving to Texas in the 1950s. Racism was mentioned, but I imagine the impact of characters' lives would have been far greater than implied.

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