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A review by contemporarymeepsie
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Night Watch tells the story of a family torn apart by the American civil war in 1864 and a family reunited 10 years later in 1874 in the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia.
I struggled with this book. Unfortunately the copy I borrowed from the library was one of the copies with the printing error that must have slipped through the net. But it meant that many of the pages didn't follow one another and that made it very difficult to read and associate with the characters. I enjoyed the setting and the flashback sections to Eliza's and Dearbhla's stories but overall I found it very difficult to enjoy. There was always a disconnect between myself and the characters. I think if I had read the correct errorless version then I may have enjoyed it more but unfortunately this was the only version I had available to me.
I struggled with this book. Unfortunately the copy I borrowed from the library was one of the copies with the printing error that must have slipped through the net. But it meant that many of the pages didn't follow one another and that made it very difficult to read and associate with the characters. I enjoyed the setting and the flashback sections to Eliza's and Dearbhla's stories but overall I found it very difficult to enjoy. There was always a disconnect between myself and the characters. I think if I had read the correct errorless version then I may have enjoyed it more but unfortunately this was the only version I had available to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, War
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism