A review by affyfe
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

4.0

I found this book to be very interesting and a pretty quick read (which was surprising because at first glace I thought it would take me longer). This book ties in historical fiction about one of Brigham Young’s wives with a modern day polygamous group. I liked how it went back and forth between the two stories, however I found at times that the Ann Eliza Young story got a little slow. I do wish I knew a little more about how much of Ann Eliza’s story is true because I find it all very interesting, so it may have been nice to have some actual historical documents weaved in with all the ones written by the author. I found the modern day story very interesting, especially with all the news recently about a polygamous compound in Texas, I felt like this was very similar. I wasn’t a huge fan of the ending of the modern day story, I wish the end had been extended a little more, it seemed like it all ended in 2 pages. Overall I enjoyed the book, and that’s all I really want out of a book!