Amy's review
Burning Bright
by Tracy Chevalier
Amy's review
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
Amy's review
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bookshelves:
historical-fiction
the most recent of chevalier's novels, i finished this in a couple of days. the work of art she uses in this novel are the poems/songs by William Blake. it's a coming of age story, which are always great, but i feel that the further i get from my teen years the harder it is to relate to these types of stories. you forget about that time when you were between innocence and experience (or at least i do) and this novel is about that time in Maggie and Jem's life.
i really loved the scene where they're standing across the bridge from one another. it's the first time that Maggie lets her guard down and open up herself up to her feelings for Jem.
the only negatives were that the honest harshness of London city life in the late 1790s was hard to read at times because it could be so degrading.
i really loved the scene where they're standing across the bridge from one another. it's the first time that Maggie lets her guard down and open up herself up to her feelings for Jem.
the only negatives were that the honest harshness of London city life in the late 1790s was hard to read at times because it could be so degrading.
