Ginny's review
The Reserve
by Russell Banks
Ginny's review
The Reserve by Russell Banks
Ginny's review
rating:
recommended for: mystery, romantic
I chose this book because the setting is the Adirondacks. I would love to visit there again and enjoyed all of the description in this novel. The characters came alive for me, but it was hard to understand what was true and what was not true. I'd like to see the movie and read the expressions on their faces. At the end of the story Vanessa says, "Secrets. Secrets kept from me and secrets I've kept from everyone else. Secrets aren't like lies. They're more like brain surgery. They kill your soul. Lying is only a technique for keeping secrets...Lies and silence ..and storytelling, which is nothing more than changing the subject in an interesting way." The characters in the story are so much more than what they appear to be on the surface. And the reader is left to decide what was real, could this have been real, what really happened. There's the rich family, the socialite, the artist/aviator, the lonely artist's wife, and the rugged trail guide ---each play their par...more
