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A review by cerceg
Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos
3.0
Although I read the book in just a few days despite its length and my busy schedule, I am still not sure whether that can be attributed to the content itself, or my desire to put this book behind me and move on to the next one. I did find myself to become invested in the characters and wanting to know how things turned out for them, but certain areas seemed to drag. Kallos does paint a wonderfully descriptive view of this small Nebraskan town, making it easy to transport yourself there throughout the read. I enjoyed the placement of Hope's diary entries, and the insight they provided to the history of this family interspersed throughout their present. The siblings are all believe-able characters. Gaelan and Bonnie were particularly enjoyable.
For those concerned with the "odd" discussion of the dead and their singing/whereabouts/philosophies, I, too, was put off by this at first. I kept an open mind and kept going, pleased that after the first few chapters this gets toned down quite a bit.
Also, there are a good number of editorial errors throughout, which were cringe-worthy, specifically obvious ones concerning character names or dates. Rather frustrating that more effort wasn't put in to catching these sorts of things.
Certainly not a book that everyone will appreciate, but I enjoyed it enough to give it a 3/5.
For those concerned with the "odd" discussion of the dead and their singing/whereabouts/philosophies, I, too, was put off by this at first. I kept an open mind and kept going, pleased that after the first few chapters this gets toned down quite a bit.
Also, there are a good number of editorial errors throughout, which were cringe-worthy, specifically obvious ones concerning character names or dates. Rather frustrating that more effort wasn't put in to catching these sorts of things.
Certainly not a book that everyone will appreciate, but I enjoyed it enough to give it a 3/5.