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Enjoyable, but also really predictable and a lot of the characters felt like caricatures- the troubled teen who turns out to be a book nerd, the old lady with A Past... The title is also deceiving, as the train itself figures so little into the book. I felt unsatisfied with the story and really wished for a little more meat, for something interesting and unexpected happen. I get why I should care and that a lot happened to these characters, but they didn’t feel real enough for the feeling of con
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Extremely quick read, and engaging, especially in the first half. I enjoyed the back-and-forth in history, from the late 1800s / early-to-mid 1900s to the present day, and the two character's points of view.
So this is about something I didn't know existed, which were these orphan trains, which took orphans, or unwanted children, from New York City to points in the midwest, where they were taken in by families, who adopted them and basically used them as workers around their houses and farms. Huh ...more
So this is about something I didn't know existed, which were these orphan trains, which took orphans, or unwanted children, from New York City to points in the midwest, where they were taken in by families, who adopted them and basically used them as workers around their houses and farms. Huh ...more
I think I'd give this 3.5, if I could...I liked the way the different time periods were broken up, overall, I enjoyed the story. Did think it would be much sadder, so I appreciated that...still in astonishment there was ever such a thing as an orphan train!
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I am interested in learning more about orphan trains, but overall this story was, as my father would say, contrived. For once can we write a story about an Irish family where the father is not a drunk?
I thought I would LOVE this book. I liked it. I felt that was something the author held back...I had a hard time at the beginning of this book. reading about Niahm's foster families was brutal. Each one got worse. After about 100 pages I really started to enjoy the book. I liked reading about Molly - she was a great, lovely character. Niahm was a little more closed off and harder to connect too. I did love the ending though.
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