A review by leciurro
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt

adventurous emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This historical novel is centered around the Great Fire of 1846, but its real focus lies with the racial tensions of a "progressive" town, the lives of women who do not wish to live the heteronormative lives expected of them, and on the internal conflict between being good and being seen as good. The use of three separate points-of-view to show how the same event can be perceived in wildly different ways served to highlight how these foci intertwine, and was a great move by Julie Gerstenblatt. 

Daughters of Nantucket is an enoyable and informative read. It is also not subtle with its messaging, which I found to be both refreshing and, sometimes, repetitive. A must read for historical fiction fans.