megs_p 's review for:

Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor
2.0

Too descriptive on things that don’t matter (the different places they go to) and rushed over what happened to Elsa as soon as possible.

Predictable outcome with Van.

Too stretched out for what it is.

I skipped through a lot of the middle where it talks about where they are or the chapters between the sisters reading the journal.

The relationship between Iris and Lily is so false, the arguments they have and the lies they tell each other seems like they are still the children at the beginning of the book.

The secret Iris keeps for 20 years and continues to try and keep even then is childish, how she lies to the police about it and to Lily as an adult is ridiculous when it doesn’t mean anything other than protecting her ‘innocence’ of being a child.

They took all of their kids on the trip with them but they are hardly mentioned throughout.

As interesting as what happened to Elsa through her marriage is, it has no relevance to the story other than giving a graphic description why she went to Australia in the first place.

This book was described as a mystery, thriller, and psychological but I would class it more of an historical fiction with the book based more on what the different areas of Australia are like