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A review by novelette
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
2.0
This book is very slow and extremely boring.
The characters seem like an afterthought, after the trees and apples. Sadie was horrible. Sal was horrible. The Days? Nope, horrible. Cal was horrible. Molly wasn't that grand. I could not tell you how many children were lost to "swamp fever", nor did I really care.
I could not care less about the trees or apples.
In fact, the only interesting thing in the novel is the fact that the Landlady, Doty, is a real person. Her daughter won in an auction, the right to have her mother's name used in the novel.
The characters seem like an afterthought, after the trees and apples. Sadie was horrible. Sal was horrible. The Days? Nope, horrible. Cal was horrible. Molly wasn't that grand. I could not tell you how many children were lost to "swamp fever", nor did I really care.
I could not care less about the trees or apples.
In fact, the only interesting thing in the novel is the fact that the Landlady, Doty, is a real person. Her daughter won in an auction, the right to have her mother's name used in the novel.