Reviews

The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean E. Pendziwol

kddavis11's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

booksconnectus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

trailmix's review against another edition

4.0

Good story with vivid descriptions of remote Lake Superior island living and lighthouse duties. Glad I read this on Libby so I could easily go back to search/map out connections revealed later in the story.

tmathews0330's review against another edition

4.0

Uncanny in its connections, nearly to the point of being unrealistic, it is a beautiful story of redemption and the complications to our stories that can still end in finding our way back home.

iamcat's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

leach2225's review against another edition

5.0

I came across this book while looking for something else and decided to give it a try. What a great book. About two sisters growing up during WWII on the Great Lakes. Told in past and present tense with the help of a in trouble teen that is tied in to the story. A great family story. The author did an excellent job keeping me interested throughout the book. This is the authors first book besides writing young kids books and she did an excellent job. I hope there are more to come.

thistlereads's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

giard's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

sharesb's review against another edition

5.0

I could not put this book down once I started. It was such an easy story to follow yet still very intriguing and interesting. The chapters are short, 2-5 pages in average and rotating between the two characters which I found perfect for this particular story.

I especially loved it because it takes place around Thunder Bay (where I live) so being able to identify areas and landmarks makes the book even more interesting.
The story is told so well. The book flows well. Highly recommend!

jacki_f's review against another edition

3.0

This is the story of a family who live on an island on Lake Superior in the 1930s and run the lighthouse. There are two sons and twin daughters, Emily and Elizabeth. Emily and Elizabeth are incredibly close despite the fact that Emily is mute. At some stage the family fractured and now, 70 years later, Elizabeth is blind and living in a retirement home where she makes friends with a local teenager named Morgan. Morgan helps Elizabeth by reading aloud to her from old family journals and gradually Elizabeth tells her about her youth and its secrets and mysteries (of which there are plenty). So the story moves between the past and the (less interesting) present.

I thought this book was ok - it's an easy read, it's a nicely told story - but I also felt like I'd read it before. It is an original story, but there are lots of elements that reminded me of different books I've read. I liked the depictions of life on the island which felt very atmospheric.

Usually when a book has dual storylines you know that there are going to come together at some point and that is the case with this one but it requires a massive and unlikely coincidence.