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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
emotional
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:
No
emotional
sad
Actually a 4.5! Well written and based on actual events. The time-line goes back and forth from 1941 which was Josie's time-line and 2010 which was Zoe's timeline. The character development was so good that I cried at the end when the author threw a double edge twist into the plot. You will find hope, friendship, grief, pain, loss, truth and love in this wwII historical fiction story. I definitely recommend it if you enjoy that genre.
In the Storyteller of Casablanca Zoe, an expat, attempts to get used to her new surroundings, and worries about her failing marriage. She uncovers Jodie’s diary which tells her story of being a French refugee in Casablanca during the Second World War. As Zoe reads her diary, she is forced to confront the struggles she faces in her own life.
I knew quite early on into this book that it was probably going to rip my heart out, and it did multiple times. Josie’s story, and later Zoe’s confession, had me in tears. The way Valpy expresses feelings of love (between Josie and her Papa especially) and loss is so authentic and just substantial.
I knew quite early on into this book that it was probably going to rip my heart out, and it did multiple times. Josie’s story, and later Zoe’s confession, had me in tears. The way Valpy expresses feelings of love (between Josie and her Papa especially) and loss is so authentic and just substantial.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-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
Well I loved this, it could not have been more up my street. Present day chapters, Zoe was all about the crafting (patchwork) and finding out about Josie, chapters about the past, Josie was in the midst of one of the most difficult times in history.
I really liked how the chapters were laid out flitting between present day and going back in time through Josie's journals.
I can feel the excitement and anticipation that Zoe has reading Josie's journal and I just wanted to know what happened to her and her family and friends all the way through. I found that I was getting quite emotional in parts because of the things Josie went through but also knowing that this will have happened in some ways to people during that time makes it even more heart breaking.
I felt as Zoe did that she was friends with Josie through reading her words. I felt the same with them both when reading this book.
Casablanca sounds like such an amazing place it made me want to visit.
This book is a mix of heartache and joy and both women have been through so much in their own time periods. When Zoe explains her loss and what she'd been through I got very emptional and I felt sorry for her, no wonder she could relate so much to Josie's Journal.
Brilliant book with some great surprises along the way and it was really interesting finding out about both women had been through their own heartache and they seem so similar.
I really liked how the chapters were laid out flitting between present day and going back in time through Josie's journals.
I can feel the excitement and anticipation that Zoe has reading Josie's journal and I just wanted to know what happened to her and her family and friends all the way through. I found that I was getting quite emotional in parts because of the things Josie went through but also knowing that this will have happened in some ways to people during that time makes it even more heart breaking.
I felt as Zoe did that she was friends with Josie through reading her words. I felt the same with them both when reading this book.
Casablanca sounds like such an amazing place it made me want to visit.
This book is a mix of heartache and joy and both women have been through so much in their own time periods. When Zoe explains her loss and what she'd been through I got very emptional and I felt sorry for her, no wonder she could relate so much to Josie's Journal.
Brilliant book with some great surprises along the way and it was really interesting finding out about both women had been through their own heartache and they seem so similar.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
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
