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cherrytree34 's review for:
Mercy Street
by Jennifer Haigh
I won this in a GoodReads giveaway, and overall I enjoyed the book. It held my attention and the characters were believable. The intersection of lives of people of very different backgrounds and belief systems reminds us that we often want to put people into neat little boxes that really can't contain them.
The characters were nuanced and flawed, and I liked that about them. There was no perfect hero in the story, but rather human beings, all of them. I felt in many ways that the story was leading up to a big climax and that it then kind of fizzled out. At first, I was disappointed by the ending, with everyone just kind of settling down and moving on to the next thing. But then I thought maybe that was the point, that real, flawed humans often do go really aggressively after one thing and then just...let it go and move on.
Ultimately, the book made me consider the points of view of wildly different characters. Although there were things I didn't necessarily like about the direction the plot took, this book did cause me to open my mind and really think. I have to admire it for that.
The characters were nuanced and flawed, and I liked that about them. There was no perfect hero in the story, but rather human beings, all of them. I felt in many ways that the story was leading up to a big climax and that it then kind of fizzled out. At first, I was disappointed by the ending, with everyone just kind of settling down and moving on to the next thing. But then I thought maybe that was the point, that real, flawed humans often do go really aggressively after one thing and then just...let it go and move on.
Ultimately, the book made me consider the points of view of wildly different characters. Although there were things I didn't necessarily like about the direction the plot took, this book did cause me to open my mind and really think. I have to admire it for that.