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There are 0 reviews and 13 ratings from Australiawith 3 star

Pippin

Jumped about too much

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2022

I would have given this more stars but it jumped about from the 40's to the present day, why do authors do that, can't they just tell a story as it unfolds in chronological order. I read a book for relaxation & I don't want to keep having to think when something was & who it was happening to, having said that it was a nice story.

Red1007

Half way through ad struggling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2022

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I bought this book because of the reviews but now 47% through it I’m struggling to finish probably hoping it would get better . I like to be engrossed in a book almost immediately but found this so confusing with all the characters and different time zones .

GillDee

Confusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2019

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I wanted to like this book after the good reviews and I did get to the end to see the outcome but I'm so tired of books that jump back and forth in time. Trying to follow the three generations in this story was too much like hard work for me in afraid.

Overly dramatic and formulaic but readable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2019

This plot is in two halves: events that happened in 1945 and the repercussions in 2014. The writing takes us from past to present and back again with frequency.

The plot is a little dramatic at times and the author has even used descriptive formulaic outside weather storms to reflect interior stormy scenes, with rain lashing down and chilling temperatures.

Rebecca is an only child who lived with her parents and most notably, a father who suffered from PTSD. She was in the house when both parents died a sudden and bloody death. In 2014, Rebecca’s estranged daughter gives birth to a granddaughter. Jessie, like her mother, suffers from familial psychosis and she runs from the hospital with her sick baby. The plots neatly mirror and coalesce as the story concludes.

Without any spoilers, I found this novel rather challenging to digest as the events seem at times unrealistic in their repetitive nature. In short, I found the plot tightly drawn but implausible. Nevertheless, to give it its due and putting the plot aside, the novel is well written and readable.

DaisyDaisy

I really wanted to love the book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2019

There are many interesting themes touched upon in this book: husbands able to institutionalise wives so they can get a divorce; broken families; tumultuous relationships. However, I felt these topics were touched upon, but not really focused on in any great, interesting, depth.
I found myself skipping paragraphs of writing just to move the story along - especially the chapters focusing on Jacob. I found the chapters set in the past riveting, Harriet didn't give every dry detail of each minute, but the chapters set in 2014 felt a bit dull and slowed the story down. I found the chapters that didn't have a name as the heading, to tell us who's part of the story we were looking at, a bit of a cop out. Once it was finally "revealed" it wasn't really a shocker and would have left me less confused if we had been told who's viewpoint it belonged to in the first place.
There was one reveal that I hadn't expected and it did actually make me gasp as I was genuinely blindsided by it. Not enough to make up for the slow pace though.

M. J. Saxton

Slowly Winding Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2019

A slowly unwinding tale of generations plagued and healed by suffering as a mother and baby disappear from hospital.

Time is short to find poorly baby Elizabeth and her mother who is suffering post-natal psychosis. However, the key to finding them lies two generations back and only a sister can find it.

The first quarter of this book is rather confusing for the reader to put together the characters, relationships and timelines. Once beyond that it settles into being an engaging story.

Elaine Schmersahl

Too many plots going in.

Reviewed in the United States on 27 December 2021

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I have to say u could not absorb the who was who. Did not enjoy the back and firth if characters. Finally, in last few chapters u put together who belonged to whom.

map

Convoluted story

Reviewed in the United States on 19 December 2020

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The plot of this novel is interesting but difficult to follow. I had to reread chapters to make sense of what was happening.

Barb

Confusing

Reviewed in the United States on 30 August 2020

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Could not get into this book. Too confusing. Tried reading it a second time and got further but did not finish. I will try again

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