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A review by lsmoore43
A Transcontinental Affair by Jodi Daynard
3.0
Thank you #NetGalley and #LakeUnion for the ARC of this book. This is my own thoughts on the book.
It started out very slow and I kept putting it down. I would go back and try again only to put it back down again. Somewhere along the line it did pick up speed, so to speak. It would have been a great book if not for the slow parts that keep you dragging. Or at least it did me.
The author did a good job eventually with the characters. The trip across the country with all it’s ups and downs and the scenery was well written. The fact that it was history in the making was great. I liked that it was a subject that most never read in this era. Gay people did not just appear in our century but you never read about it back in the 1800’s. Or I haven’t anyway. I think it would have been a great book if only it would have started out strong and stayed that way. The cover up, Indians, and many other things that happened were interesting but that beginning almost made this one I didn’t finish.
I’m giving it a 3.5 star rating and will recommend it but with a slow start warning.
It started out very slow and I kept putting it down. I would go back and try again only to put it back down again. Somewhere along the line it did pick up speed, so to speak. It would have been a great book if not for the slow parts that keep you dragging. Or at least it did me.
The author did a good job eventually with the characters. The trip across the country with all it’s ups and downs and the scenery was well written. The fact that it was history in the making was great. I liked that it was a subject that most never read in this era. Gay people did not just appear in our century but you never read about it back in the 1800’s. Or I haven’t anyway. I think it would have been a great book if only it would have started out strong and stayed that way. The cover up, Indians, and many other things that happened were interesting but that beginning almost made this one I didn’t finish.
I’m giving it a 3.5 star rating and will recommend it but with a slow start warning.