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A review by rkw25
Women of the Dunes by Sarah Maine
5.0
Sarah Maine's first book involved two time periods; this book, her third, involves three: an early Christian/Viking situation, the late 1800s with atheist/Christian/economic class issues, and a modern day archaelogy/economic class/inheritance/clear-up-the earlier-mysteries setting. All three involve romance or perhaps not, senses of forces beyond individual control, and a question about the truth of legends. By involving three time periods, Maine has the opportunity to answer and demonstrate how legends are cobbled together.
Engaging, mostly complex, characters particularly in the modern setting. Clear delineations of time for the reader, though the story lines weave in and out of all three. Lovely descriptions of the western Scottish isles. (Since I am in the midst of watching all six seasons of the Australian drama "A Place to Call Home" the parallels of some characters [archetypes, if you will] was present.) Off to reserve Maine's second novel -- though the places remain similar, these are stand-alone novels.
Engaging, mostly complex, characters particularly in the modern setting. Clear delineations of time for the reader, though the story lines weave in and out of all three. Lovely descriptions of the western Scottish isles. (Since I am in the midst of watching all six seasons of the Australian drama "A Place to Call Home" the parallels of some characters [archetypes, if you will] was present.) Off to reserve Maine's second novel -- though the places remain similar, these are stand-alone novels.