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A review by donnaeve
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
5.0
4.5 rounded up!
Jenny Wingfield's style of writing kept me flipping pages. In any given chapter, you'd hear from various characters, but it wasn't confusing at all. She is a screen writer, and she wrote one of my favorite coming of age movies - THE MAN IN THE MOON - which was Reese Witherspoon's acting debut.
The only thing that kept HOMECOMING from being a five star read for me was the ending. (no spoilers) While engaging, and satisfactory, (and not entirely unexpected) I didn't have that enthralled feeling I'd had for most of the book. The ending came with a hint of magical realism, which I never mind, and the actions of certain individuals were understandable/plausible, no doubt, but after a couple of events that would bring about the conclusion, I was more or less sort of skimming, just to know the resolution, etc.
Previously, I'd been gulping this story down, and couldn't wait to get back to it, so, for whatever reason, this was a bit puzzling. In other words, I didn't finish, and think WOW. I finished, and thought, well, that was pretty good.
This is a book I'd certainly recommend, regardless of my opinion of the ending!
Jenny Wingfield's style of writing kept me flipping pages. In any given chapter, you'd hear from various characters, but it wasn't confusing at all. She is a screen writer, and she wrote one of my favorite coming of age movies - THE MAN IN THE MOON - which was Reese Witherspoon's acting debut.
The only thing that kept HOMECOMING from being a five star read for me was the ending. (no spoilers) While engaging, and satisfactory, (and not entirely unexpected) I didn't have that enthralled feeling I'd had for most of the book. The ending came with a hint of magical realism, which I never mind, and the actions of certain individuals were understandable/plausible, no doubt, but after a couple of events that would bring about the conclusion, I was more or less sort of skimming, just to know the resolution, etc.
Previously, I'd been gulping this story down, and couldn't wait to get back to it, so, for whatever reason, this was a bit puzzling. In other words, I didn't finish, and think WOW. I finished, and thought, well, that was pretty good.
This is a book I'd certainly recommend, regardless of my opinion of the ending!