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terri24601 's review for:
Shrines of Gaiety
by Kate Atkinson
I do love Kate Atkinson’s work and I really enjoyed this one…after the first 1/2 or so. I don’t know why but this one took a while to snap into place for me and I almost put it down permanently. My love of the author and another review from a reviewer I trust kept me going.
As with most of her books, the story is told from multiple POVs and Atkinson is so skilled at this that it is never confusing. The characters are sharp and distinct nearly immediately (except Shirley and Betty…but that is the whole point about these two sisters). The story sometimes goes slightly non-linearly in a satisfying way as one POV reveals something that is then fleshed out in more detail from another POV.
That trusted reviewer I mentioned wrote that if we can’t have more Jackson Brodie, maybe we can have Gwendolen Kelling. Kelling is a great character, but Nellie Coker is, for me, the true brilliant, black heart of this tale.
As with most of her books, the story is told from multiple POVs and Atkinson is so skilled at this that it is never confusing. The characters are sharp and distinct nearly immediately (except Shirley and Betty…but that is the whole point about these two sisters). The story sometimes goes slightly non-linearly in a satisfying way as one POV reveals something that is then fleshed out in more detail from another POV.
That trusted reviewer I mentioned wrote that if we can’t have more Jackson Brodie, maybe we can have Gwendolen Kelling. Kelling is a great character, but Nellie Coker is, for me, the true brilliant, black heart of this tale.