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A review by bookscatsrun
Homecoming by Kate Morton
2.0
This is the first book by Kate Morton that I've read, so I wasn't familiar with her style. The synopsis sounded intriguing so I requested an ARC (thanks @netgalley!). The book focuses on Jess, Polly and Nora, and a tragedy that happened in their family in 1959. Present day timeline is 2018.
I really enjoyed the characters of Jess and Nora and to a lesser extent Polly as she was not as fleshed out as the other two. I felt like I really got to know them and understand what made them tick.
I also loved the descriptions of place and time. I really saw Tambilla and South Australia in my mind.
The mystery aspect of the book was the best part for me. I thought it was a great mystery with enough complication that I didn't see it all coming. I figured out one major part of the mystery right off the bat, but the smaller parts and piecing it all together had me guessing to the end.
That said, this book is too long. There is way too much exposition and unnecessary detail in many parts. Once I got about halfway I just started skimming and skipping pages at a time until she brought the main story back. I felt that the parts that were the book within a book could have been done differently. There was so much information in those parts and then some of it was repeated again in a different character's voice.
I think if you're a fan of Kate Morton, you may love this book. If you're not, personally I'd skip this.
I really enjoyed the characters of Jess and Nora and to a lesser extent Polly as she was not as fleshed out as the other two. I felt like I really got to know them and understand what made them tick.
I also loved the descriptions of place and time. I really saw Tambilla and South Australia in my mind.
The mystery aspect of the book was the best part for me. I thought it was a great mystery with enough complication that I didn't see it all coming. I figured out one major part of the mystery right off the bat, but the smaller parts and piecing it all together had me guessing to the end.
That said, this book is too long. There is way too much exposition and unnecessary detail in many parts. Once I got about halfway I just started skimming and skipping pages at a time until she brought the main story back. I felt that the parts that were the book within a book could have been done differently. There was so much information in those parts and then some of it was repeated again in a different character's voice.
I think if you're a fan of Kate Morton, you may love this book. If you're not, personally I'd skip this.