Being an English Major I am very critical of literature. I will pick a book a part(because I can). I began reading this because it was ent to me to review. I wasn't looking forward to it at all. I was actually dreading it. So I began reading it with a terrible attitude & knew I was going to be critical(probably unjustly) in my review.
I began the book while waiting for a doctor's appointment with a doctor who is routinely at least 1 hour behind schedule. I had to keep rereading the beginning because I was "zoning out" and my attention was straying. But after a bit I began to like the book. I was determined to NOT love it because I was in a terrible mood.
I closed it for my appointment to discover I was missing it. I couldn't wait to get home to read it again!
I read it straight through. It is amazing! So don't judge the book by its synopsis which makes it sound boring. This book is very well written. It takes a truely talented writer to pen a book like this. It flows smoothly like a glass of good wine. And it will intoxicate you whether you want it to or not. You will become drunker with each page.
Sure this is a historical novel---it will educate the reader on the history of the 30's and 40's. But it will draw you in and make you care about the characters and regret when the book ends.
This book is so wonderful I would love to see it made into a nice movie.
SO read, devour each word because it ends too soon and will haunt you for days afterwards wanting more and thinking about the characters as if they are real people.