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A review by susieseeker
Wake by Anna Hope
4.0
A friend loaned me this book and highly recommended it.
It's a story basically of 3 women struggling in the aftermath of WW1 in London, England. The year is 1920.
The author has done a great job of research and has brought to life that period of time. 1920s England is not a time I'm too familiar with and I enjoy learning about history in this way.
It took me about 50 pages to get into it and after that, I just barrelled through it. I found the author wrote in such a way to create a story line so that I simply wanted to keep reading.
While I appreciate the author's ability to weave the narrative so that the stories of these women intersect, I also find the amazing number of coincidences to be off-putting. It is too contrived for my liking.
However, for the historical learning, I give it 4 stars.
It's a story basically of 3 women struggling in the aftermath of WW1 in London, England. The year is 1920.
The author has done a great job of research and has brought to life that period of time. 1920s England is not a time I'm too familiar with and I enjoy learning about history in this way.
It took me about 50 pages to get into it and after that, I just barrelled through it. I found the author wrote in such a way to create a story line so that I simply wanted to keep reading.
While I appreciate the author's ability to weave the narrative so that the stories of these women intersect, I also find the amazing number of coincidences to be off-putting. It is too contrived for my liking.
However, for the historical learning, I give it 4 stars.