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Return to Fourwinds by Elisabeth Gifford
4.0
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I loved the fact that one house and two families stories could weave their way out and cover so many time periods and locations. The novel is quite complex as it jumps around quite a bit and can be a bit slow in the beginning because of all the change but maybe this was because I was reading on a kindle and don’t normally read dual timelines due to this very problem.
What the novel was to me was an epic read of so many secrets coming to light when a marriage was about to take place. It’s a big story with many many threads which come together slowly but surely. I think you should take your time with this novel as it does reward you for gaining the information to see the overall picture. I’s all about keeping secrets, hiding secrets and then being forced to let them out in the open when that really is the only place left for them to go.
I particularly enjoyed the sections set in Valencia as these to be were the most evocative, symbolic and enjoyable but the sections set in Manchester and the ‘slums’ were poignant. In fact this is quite the jigsaw of a novel as you really do need every piece to make sense of it all and that only happens at the end.
I loved the fact that one house and two families stories could weave their way out and cover so many time periods and locations. The novel is quite complex as it jumps around quite a bit and can be a bit slow in the beginning because of all the change but maybe this was because I was reading on a kindle and don’t normally read dual timelines due to this very problem.
What the novel was to me was an epic read of so many secrets coming to light when a marriage was about to take place. It’s a big story with many many threads which come together slowly but surely. I think you should take your time with this novel as it does reward you for gaining the information to see the overall picture. I’s all about keeping secrets, hiding secrets and then being forced to let them out in the open when that really is the only place left for them to go.
I particularly enjoyed the sections set in Valencia as these to be were the most evocative, symbolic and enjoyable but the sections set in Manchester and the ‘slums’ were poignant. In fact this is quite the jigsaw of a novel as you really do need every piece to make sense of it all and that only happens at the end.