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A review by bags_and_bookz
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird
3.0
Thank you Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press and Sarah Bird for free e-ARC in return of my honest review.
As a fan of historical fiction and a fan of strong woman characters, I could not pass Last Dance on the Starlight Pier. Evie Grace Devlin escapes her life in search of stable job and secured life. She wants to escape her authoritarian mother who always made her feel low and practically managed to sell her own daughter in order to support herself. Evie’s mother was not only authoritarian but also emotionally and physically abusive as the readers learns later on. Evil remembers her father fondly who unfortunately passed way too soon. Through struggle and betrayal Evie manages to reinvent herself and finds love. However, she does not know that real love means to Accra person as he/she is.
Overall, great novel with interesting plot. I have never heard about dance marathons and was curious to learn about that era and particularities of the endeavour. The book made me do my own research for which I am forever grateful. Character-wise I think it is also well done, except Evie being repetitive all the time. She seems not blue to learn from her mistakes but make them on and on and on again which made me tick and roll my eyes numerous times by the end of the book.
I found a few similarities with current times and blind belief in medicine which Mande me think if it was intentional. I can draw a parallel between two timelines and offered procedures, however I am not sure that author intended it to be that way.
Anyway, interesting book, quite thought provoking and might be a good option for book club as there are tons of issues to discuss.
As a fan of historical fiction and a fan of strong woman characters, I could not pass Last Dance on the Starlight Pier. Evie Grace Devlin escapes her life in search of stable job and secured life. She wants to escape her authoritarian mother who always made her feel low and practically managed to sell her own daughter in order to support herself. Evie’s mother was not only authoritarian but also emotionally and physically abusive as the readers learns later on. Evil remembers her father fondly who unfortunately passed way too soon. Through struggle and betrayal Evie manages to reinvent herself and finds love. However, she does not know that real love means to Accra person as he/she is.
Overall, great novel with interesting plot. I have never heard about dance marathons and was curious to learn about that era and particularities of the endeavour. The book made me do my own research for which I am forever grateful. Character-wise I think it is also well done, except Evie being repetitive all the time. She seems not blue to learn from her mistakes but make them on and on and on again which made me tick and roll my eyes numerous times by the end of the book.
I found a few similarities with current times and blind belief in medicine which Mande me think if it was intentional. I can draw a parallel between two timelines and offered procedures, however I am not sure that author intended it to be that way.
Anyway, interesting book, quite thought provoking and might be a good option for book club as there are tons of issues to discuss.