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A review by katejones
All the Living by C.E. Morgan
2.0
The book supposedly takes place in 1984, but it seemed to be well before that.
Everyone is very self absorbed.
Aloma and Orren move to farm where Orren grew up after his family apparently dies in some horrible accident
(and unless my audiobook was abridged they didn't really explain in much detail what happened, other than they died).
Aloma plays piano (but somehow won't just get someone to tune the old one in Orren's house..), and it takes her a long time to adjust to the move.
She plays for the church to earn some money, and mainly to flirt with Bell.
And then in the end she marries Orren after all and settles for the same 'blah' life she's had on the farm since the move.
Not much happened in between, so for me the book was a bit long.
The book is written from Aloma's point of view and none of the other characters grow beyond their name and occasionally what they're doing (eg, Orren works hard).
Everyone is very self absorbed.
Aloma and Orren move to farm where Orren grew up after his family apparently dies in some horrible accident
(and unless my audiobook was abridged they didn't really explain in much detail what happened, other than they died).
Aloma plays piano (but somehow won't just get someone to tune the old one in Orren's house..), and it takes her a long time to adjust to the move.
She plays for the church to earn some money, and mainly to flirt with Bell.
And then in the end she marries Orren after all and settles for the same 'blah' life she's had on the farm since the move.
Not much happened in between, so for me the book was a bit long.
The book is written from Aloma's point of view and none of the other characters grow beyond their name and occasionally what they're doing (eg, Orren works hard).