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introvertedbookshelf 's review for:
Homecoming
by Kate Morton
My favorable thought is that I love the way Morton writes—her ability to tell a story makes it easy to get lost in. Her descriptions of the setting are great, and the characters were complex, which provided a lot of additional layers to the plot. Beyond that, I struggled. I didn’t like Nora or Jess. I wish more of the story had been from Polly’s point of view. I felt like the story-within-a-story was overwhelming at times.
There were so many mysteries to discover in this story that by the end I was a little exasperated—in large part because the author left enough breadcrumbs that it wasn’t hard to figure out what was happening. So by the time the next “surprise” was revealed, it wasn’t really a surprise. Perhaps that’s the way the author intended it, I don’t know. I also felt like the story didn’t really tie up all the loose ends. And the overall motive behind it all is so complex that it seems extremely unrealistic which takes some of the enjoyment out of it.
There were so many mysteries to discover in this story that by the end I was a little exasperated—in large part because the author left enough breadcrumbs that it wasn’t hard to figure out what was happening. So by the time the next “surprise” was revealed, it wasn’t really a surprise. Perhaps that’s the way the author intended it, I don’t know. I also felt like the story didn’t really tie up all the loose ends. And the overall motive behind it all is so complex that it seems extremely unrealistic which takes some of the enjoyment out of it.