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heatherlynnhla2 's review for:
A Single Thread
by Tracy Chevalier
To me, this book is neither here nor there. It wasn't bad exactly, but it also wasn't that great... Something just felt missing. A plot, maybe? The prose and characters are very well developed, however.
This novel is described as "character-driven" and that is true, because there was not really much happening throughout the novel. But it is a lovely, yet sad depiction of single women in the inter- World War years. Chevalier does a nice job of showing the struggles of those who did not fit in the rigid social bounds: widows, "surplus" women, single mothers, the LGBT community, etc. Maybe if you're really into historical fiction, embroidery, bell-ringing or any combination thereof, you'd find this book more interesting than I did.
This novel is described as "character-driven" and that is true, because there was not really much happening throughout the novel. But it is a lovely, yet sad depiction of single women in the inter- World War years. Chevalier does a nice job of showing the struggles of those who did not fit in the rigid social bounds: widows, "surplus" women, single mothers, the LGBT community, etc. Maybe if you're really into historical fiction, embroidery, bell-ringing or any combination thereof, you'd find this book more interesting than I did.