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A review by curlyjessreads
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird
3.0
I was provided an advanced copy of this by @netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
Evie Grace Devlin has struggled through life after her father (a famous vaudeville dancer) passes. Her narcissistic mother tries to make money any way she can, even at the expense of her child. But after graduating high school Evie is given an opportunity to turn it all around and become a nurse! During nursing school life seems to be looking up. Until, her plans are thwarted on the night of her pinning ceremony. Left without options in the midst of the great depression, she stumbles upon the dance marathon scene where they don't care if she isn't officially a nurse. However, soon she realizes to get what she really wants, she may have to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight!
This one was just ok for me. It felt a bit long and melodramatic. Evie was sometimes hard to like. She seemed naive and made some big decisions quickly and although tried to rationalize them, they were often not great. It was an interesting look into the world of dance marathons during the great depression, something I didn't know about. And there were a lot of topics covered; poverty, ethics, homosexuality, election of FDR, and gang/mob families... Lots! The story kept my attention and I wanted to find out what would happen, but it did seem to try to do too much.
Because my last book put me in a bit of a slump, I missed this publication date this past Tuesday, but that means if it sounds like a book your like to read, you don't have to wait!
#LastDanceOnTheStarlightPier #NetGalley
Evie Grace Devlin has struggled through life after her father (a famous vaudeville dancer) passes. Her narcissistic mother tries to make money any way she can, even at the expense of her child. But after graduating high school Evie is given an opportunity to turn it all around and become a nurse! During nursing school life seems to be looking up. Until, her plans are thwarted on the night of her pinning ceremony. Left without options in the midst of the great depression, she stumbles upon the dance marathon scene where they don't care if she isn't officially a nurse. However, soon she realizes to get what she really wants, she may have to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight!
This one was just ok for me. It felt a bit long and melodramatic. Evie was sometimes hard to like. She seemed naive and made some big decisions quickly and although tried to rationalize them, they were often not great. It was an interesting look into the world of dance marathons during the great depression, something I didn't know about. And there were a lot of topics covered; poverty, ethics, homosexuality, election of FDR, and gang/mob families... Lots! The story kept my attention and I wanted to find out what would happen, but it did seem to try to do too much.
Because my last book put me in a bit of a slump, I missed this publication date this past Tuesday, but that means if it sounds like a book your like to read, you don't have to wait!
#LastDanceOnTheStarlightPier #NetGalley