A review by whatizontheshelf
Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.

The subject matter and story it was telling felt very compelling and interesting enough for me to pick up the book, to begin with. But it felt like the author had some difficulties reconciling the historical facts with her own creative writing, and as a result, the book reads like a history class/creative writing project where someone is told "talk about the typical day in the life of a 17th-century pilgrim". I wasn't immersed in the book or the setting, despite really trying to be. The writing just didn't feel mature enough for the story it was telling, and it ended up turning me off so much that I couldn't feel driven enough to finish the book.