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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
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
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
challenging
emotional
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:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
Five stars aren’t enough for this book!! Another amazingly written WWII novel by Kristen Harmel that I basically binged in one sitting. Like many of the great books set in this time period, The Winemaker’a Wife was heartbreakingly good and moving.
This is a dual timeline story, alternating between the 1940s and 2019. In the past the chapters follow, Ines, the wife of a successful champagne vineyard owner and Celine, the winemaker’s wife. In the “present” the story is told through the perspective of Olivia, a recently divorced 40-year-old who returns to Paris with her 99-year-old grandmother to find out a whole part of history she knew nothing about. The narrative dives into the horrors of war, the power of love and reveals family secrets that were buried for generations. Harmel deliberately plotted this story in a way that connected the two timelines seamlessly with the perfect amount of suspense and at times, anger and frustration over the events that occurred, but also joy when parts came full circle. It was so well-researched and most of the events that occurred were inspired by true events (definitely read the authors note).
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This is a dual timeline story, alternating between the 1940s and 2019. In the past the chapters follow, Ines, the wife of a successful champagne vineyard owner and Celine, the winemaker’s wife. In the “present” the story is told through the perspective of Olivia, a recently divorced 40-year-old who returns to Paris with her 99-year-old grandmother to find out a whole part of history she knew nothing about. The narrative dives into the horrors of war, the power of love and reveals family secrets that were buried for generations. Harmel deliberately plotted this story in a way that connected the two timelines seamlessly with the perfect amount of suspense and at times, anger and frustration over the events that occurred, but also joy when parts came full circle. It was so well-researched and most of the events that occurred were inspired by true events (definitely read the authors note).
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Fantastic read! Some things were easy to predict and other things I was guessing till the end.