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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Yes
Thanks to Netgalley for the e-ARC of Gilded Mountain.
The book follows Sylvie, the daughter of a miner in Colorado. I love historical fiction set in the Rockies, having grown up there, but find most westerns too sexist to stomach. Gilded Mountain, having a young female protagonist, is not, though. The setting is wonderful. It really seems to capture the harsh, mountainous landscape. As much as I loved the setting, though, I couldn't really get into this book. Every time I picked it up, I enjoyed it. However, if I wasn't actively reading it, I wasn't thinking about it. Which made it hard to finish. I do have to give props to Kate Manning for being inclusive and really looking at class and race. This is something that often gets glossed over in westerns.
The book follows Sylvie, the daughter of a miner in Colorado. I love historical fiction set in the Rockies, having grown up there, but find most westerns too sexist to stomach. Gilded Mountain, having a young female protagonist, is not, though. The setting is wonderful. It really seems to capture the harsh, mountainous landscape. As much as I loved the setting, though, I couldn't really get into this book. Every time I picked it up, I enjoyed it. However, if I wasn't actively reading it, I wasn't thinking about it. Which made it hard to finish. I do have to give props to Kate Manning for being inclusive and really looking at class and race. This is something that often gets glossed over in westerns.
Slower paced. Enjoyed the first 100 or so pages then ran out of time and had to return to library
DNF at 32%. Boring, didn’t like the main character, felt like I was being beaten over the head whenever I picked it back up. Moving on to the many better novels on my to-read list.
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Manning is a great storyteller and I was thoroughly captivated by her characters and their experience with the beginnings of the labor movement in Colorado. The author didn't cover a lot of new ground here but she did a marvelous job of blending Sylvie's coming of age with the story of the rising power of the miners.
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:
Yes
It was fun listening to these historical events that took place in surrounding towns near me in Colorado.
The strength and uncompromising mentality of some of these characters during such hard, traumatic times is really a true inspiration.
The strength and uncompromising mentality of some of these characters during such hard, traumatic times is really a true inspiration.
Read for a Bookworm Women's Voice bookclub. Enjoyed the story so much. I keep thinking back to Silvie and her adventures.