I underestimated just how tragic Loving Frank is, both the book and the act. In one of the most fascinating and horrifying works of Historical Fiction I’ve come across, Nancy Horan weaves an emotional tale fraught with themes as close as interpersonal relationships and large-scale as the early Twentieth Century Woman Movement. What does it [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Historical’
June 11, 2010
Review – The Heretic’s Daughter
The Heretic’s Daughter takes place during the years preceding and at the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials, but I think it does a disservice to the novel to market it as a Salem Witch Trial story. To say that time period is overdone would be a tad of an understatement, no? So imagine my surprise [...]
April 19, 2010
Review – The Book Thief
I think The Book Thief is inappropriately titled. The Word Thief would be more realistic, but it just doesn’t have the same ring, does it? I really struggled with this book, which surprised me a great deal because I was ready for the “BRILLIANT and hugely ambitious [and] LIFE CHANGING” emotions promised on the cover. [...]
February 21, 2010
Review – The Help
I try not to read super popular books the millisecond they peak on the NYT Bestseller list, but my curiosity got the best of me with The Help. I knew I was in for it when I put my name on the reserve list and found I was #659. Three months later, I finally got [...]
January 17, 2010
Review – World Without End
Go figure. Just as soon as I go and question a sequel, I find one that blows me away. I usually have the most difficult time reviewing books I loved. Those are the books you stay up late reading, characters that are on your mind long after you mark your page, and books that transform [...]
