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A review by dharshanirymond
The Clockmaker's Wife by Daisy Wood
2.0
2.5/5 ⭐
Thanks to Netgalley & Publisher for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Plot:
The story is about 2 Eleanors, one from 1940s (Nell) and the other her granddaughter from 2021 (Ellie). Ellie is a 38 year old woman without a love story trying to get by with an elderly mother (Alice) who needs care. She'd always felt like her mother never fit in anywhere and goes digging into their family history.
1940s Nell had been happily married to Arthur with a child (Alice) in London but war had split them and put them through great ordeals and she dies a mysterious death. Arthur remarries and Alice does not get along well with the new family. She finds love and moves to America losing all ties with her father.
Now, Ellie goes to London in search of Nell's story and finds some disturbing facts that sets her on a path to finding something huge. In between all this Ellie finds love.
Story:
Having read many WWII stories, I would say this was not heart-wrenching. The idea of a patriot's sacrifice being hidden and unknown even to family is not something new. But still the story could've given it's best.
Characters:
Nell had a good story to tell but didn't have much of a character depth.
Ellie is 38 who's mature about many things judges Nell easily without facts. She decides to go to London on an impulse but doesn't plan on what to do once reaching London. In a way I couldn't connect with either of them. Other characters like Alice, Alice's stepsister and her family, evacuees at Nell's mother's place were all interesting. Ellie's love interest did not bring much to the plot and their relationship escalated too quickly to my liking.
Arthur was the only person I liked most but he didn't contribute much.
Writing:
The book started heavily with bombings and loss but everything mellowed in a few chapters. The ending seemed to be rushed and not covered in both the timelines. Nell takes 5 chapters to get mixed in something and die and Ellie just wraps it up in 1 chapter which felt like everything ended abruptly. The chapters Ellie spent on her love interest could've been replaced with something productive.
Overall:
It was an okay read but not memorable. It's not something that'll come to my mind to recommend anybody.
Thanks to Netgalley & Publisher for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Plot:
The story is about 2 Eleanors, one from 1940s (Nell) and the other her granddaughter from 2021 (Ellie). Ellie is a 38 year old woman without a love story trying to get by with an elderly mother (Alice) who needs care. She'd always felt like her mother never fit in anywhere and goes digging into their family history.
1940s Nell had been happily married to Arthur with a child (Alice) in London but war had split them and put them through great ordeals and she dies a mysterious death. Arthur remarries and Alice does not get along well with the new family. She finds love and moves to America losing all ties with her father.
Now, Ellie goes to London in search of Nell's story and finds some disturbing facts that sets her on a path to finding something huge. In between all this Ellie finds love.
Story:
Having read many WWII stories, I would say this was not heart-wrenching. The idea of a patriot's sacrifice being hidden and unknown even to family is not something new. But still the story could've given it's best.
Characters:
Nell had a good story to tell but didn't have much of a character depth.
Ellie is 38 who's mature about many things judges Nell easily without facts. She decides to go to London on an impulse but doesn't plan on what to do once reaching London. In a way I couldn't connect with either of them. Other characters like Alice, Alice's stepsister and her family, evacuees at Nell's mother's place were all interesting. Ellie's love interest did not bring much to the plot and their relationship escalated too quickly to my liking.
Arthur was the only person I liked most but he didn't contribute much.
Writing:
The book started heavily with bombings and loss but everything mellowed in a few chapters. The ending seemed to be rushed and not covered in both the timelines. Nell takes 5 chapters to get mixed in something and die and Ellie just wraps it up in 1 chapter which felt like everything ended abruptly. The chapters Ellie spent on her love interest could've been replaced with something productive.
Overall:
It was an okay read but not memorable. It's not something that'll come to my mind to recommend anybody.