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A review by raaahella
Chimes of a Lost Cathedral by Janet Fitch
5.0
The book covered so much tragedy and loss. I am not sure where to begin, but I truly hope this is not the end. It was amazing for her to see so much insight into herself as the character Marina. She goes through regular evolution in life, and it gestures towards the meaning that we are made up of our past experiences.
There us so much death is this time, I can't believe how long those people held out and survived in Russia during 1920. Knowing this is a historical fiction title makes me cringe to know much of the details are based on facts that happened to humans living through this time.
What ultimate heartbreak though, to have survived Iskra's death, her father's and in the last book her little brothers and to finally be reunited with her true passionate love. She only then figured out that he was not faithful and never would be. It was always gain in life for Koyla.
There were some instances in the book that didn't add up. It was difficult to go back and match ideas, thoughts or story lines, as I listened to the audio book. But there was two times in the book where she mentioned the rings of Saturn. The first time I heard her say Koyla gave them to her when they were to be 'wed,' sometime during the last book. But then near the end it was actually Ganyea who gave them to her when they actually were wed. This is only one example of the kind of mix ups I felt were happening from the first book to the second. Though this may be blamed on my memory. I read the first book when it came out in January of 2018 and though this book came out in July of this year, I only got to finishing it in September.
Here's hoping for another book, as I do appreciate the story line.
There us so much death is this time, I can't believe how long those people held out and survived in Russia during 1920. Knowing this is a historical fiction title makes me cringe to know much of the details are based on facts that happened to humans living through this time.
What ultimate heartbreak though, to have survived Iskra's death, her father's and in the last book her little brothers and to finally be reunited with her true passionate love. She only then figured out that he was not faithful and never would be. It was always gain in life for Koyla.
There were some instances in the book that didn't add up. It was difficult to go back and match ideas, thoughts or story lines, as I listened to the audio book. But there was two times in the book where she mentioned the rings of Saturn. The first time I heard her say Koyla gave them to her when they were to be 'wed,' sometime during the last book. But then near the end it was actually Ganyea who gave them to her when they actually were wed. This is only one example of the kind of mix ups I felt were happening from the first book to the second. Though this may be blamed on my memory. I read the first book when it came out in January of 2018 and though this book came out in July of this year, I only got to finishing it in September.
Here's hoping for another book, as I do appreciate the story line.