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thereadingmum 's review for:
Sisters Under the Rising Sun
by Heather Morris
Not sure what it is but this seems to be the year of being disappointed by writers I have previously loved.
I listened to both of Heather Morris' previous books on audio so perhaps that has something to do with it? I loved both of them and I really admire how she manages to find so many different stories from WWII that haven't already been covered. However this one just didn't do it for me.
Why? Mainly because everyone was so excrutiatingly NICE to each other. Obviously I'm talking about the internees, not the Japanese guards. Yes, I get that often difficult times bring out the best in people, but I mean it's a war and they're in a really horrible situation, surely all of them would be a bit grumpy at least some of the time? Yet every interraction between the characters is so saccarine I had to skim most of it. As was the descriptions of the music and everyone's reactions to it.
Perhaps she just didn't want another depressing and awful account of the period, but I've read other uplifting WWII books and honestly, this just wasn't as good.
I listened to both of Heather Morris' previous books on audio so perhaps that has something to do with it? I loved both of them and I really admire how she manages to find so many different stories from WWII that haven't already been covered. However this one just didn't do it for me.
Why? Mainly because everyone was so excrutiatingly NICE to each other. Obviously I'm talking about the internees, not the Japanese guards. Yes, I get that often difficult times bring out the best in people, but I mean it's a war and they're in a really horrible situation, surely all of them would be a bit grumpy at least some of the time? Yet every interraction between the characters is so saccarine I had to skim most of it. As was the descriptions of the music and everyone's reactions to it.
Perhaps she just didn't want another depressing and awful account of the period, but I've read other uplifting WWII books and honestly, this just wasn't as good.