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A review by simplyparticular
Nellie's Promise: 1906 by Valerie Tripp
3.0
This review is from the perspective of a mother. I am reading the books to decided when they are age appropriate for my daughter.
Nellie gets her moment in the sun, supposedly, but it seems like this book is still all about Samantha. We do get to appreciate Nellie's character and wit, but much of the book is weighted down by Nellie's very real fear that she and her sisters could be returned to her loathsome uncle, and she has the added burden of dealing with Samantha's jealousy.
The ending is a little too neat and clean, but then, I've always had a problem with the likelihood of the Nellie story line to begin with.
The Looking Back section takes a realistic look at adoption and orphaned children in the early twentieth century.
Nellie gets her moment in the sun, supposedly, but it seems like this book is still all about Samantha. We do get to appreciate Nellie's character and wit, but much of the book is weighted down by Nellie's very real fear that she and her sisters could be returned to her loathsome uncle, and she has the added burden of dealing with Samantha's jealousy.
The ending is a little too neat and clean, but then, I've always had a problem with the likelihood of the Nellie story line to begin with.
The Looking Back section takes a realistic look at adoption and orphaned children in the early twentieth century.