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A review by natyweiss
The Umbrella Lady by V.C. Andrews
4.0
-ARC provided by Simon and Schuster in exchange for honest review-
After her mother's tragic death in a fire, young Saffron finds herself at the gates of a new life with his father. While waiting for the train that will make possible this new start, Saffron father's dissappears and this mysterious lady offers herself as Saffron's caretaker. She takes her to her house. In some moments it feels like the lady was waiting for her to arrive. She buys her new clothes and shoes, cuts her hair in an attempt to get rid of the smells, and memories, of her former life, making no visible efforts to find Saffron's father's whereabouts. The relationship between them is constantly strained. The umbrella lady seems to be losing her patience and the little girl lack of trust is palpable.
The only news the girl receives from his father are these laconic letters of doubtable origin, without a return address, in which he states that he will be back for Saffron once he is established in a new home.
Hours become days, and days become months. Months became years. With a minimum contact with the outside world , homeschooled by the Umbrella Lady, Saffron keeps the faith and trusts that, one day, her father will come to take her with him and to start their delayed new life.
This was a very pleasant reading for me, although deeply emotional. I really liked her literary style, the characters building and how she is able to put you in alert all the time. I fell that something terrible was about to happen the whole time. The tension is building up throughout the book but at the same time is over there, like a crouching animal about to attack very constant and steadfast.
The atmosphere is incredibly suspenseful and the ending, at least for me, completely unexpected
After her mother's tragic death in a fire, young Saffron finds herself at the gates of a new life with his father. While waiting for the train that will make possible this new start, Saffron father's dissappears and this mysterious lady offers herself as Saffron's caretaker. She takes her to her house. In some moments it feels like the lady was waiting for her to arrive. She buys her new clothes and shoes, cuts her hair in an attempt to get rid of the smells, and memories, of her former life, making no visible efforts to find Saffron's father's whereabouts. The relationship between them is constantly strained. The umbrella lady seems to be losing her patience and the little girl lack of trust is palpable.
The only news the girl receives from his father are these laconic letters of doubtable origin, without a return address, in which he states that he will be back for Saffron once he is established in a new home.
Hours become days, and days become months. Months became years. With a minimum contact with the outside world , homeschooled by the Umbrella Lady, Saffron keeps the faith and trusts that, one day, her father will come to take her with him and to start their delayed new life.
This was a very pleasant reading for me, although deeply emotional. I really liked her literary style, the characters building and how she is able to put you in alert all the time. I fell that something terrible was about to happen the whole time. The tension is building up throughout the book but at the same time is over there, like a crouching animal about to attack very constant and steadfast.
The atmosphere is incredibly suspenseful and the ending, at least for me, completely unexpected