The Secret Keeper in Around the World in 80 Books

Apr 23, 2019 Susan rated it did not like it

Could not get past 100 pages, the thought of plowing through 386 more pages was not appealing. If all the useless rambling about nothing pertinent to the story were cut out it would only be a 200 page book. Poor character development, and those who were a bit fleshed out were boring and unlikable.

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Feb 27, 2019 Jen Pratt rated it really liked it

I wasn’t really sure what I thought about this book for most of the time I was reading it. I didn’t love some of the main characters and I couldn’t even guess at solving the mysteries. My only hypothesis would not have been very satisfying. The actual explanation is masterful! Kate Morton is so clever!

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Dec 31, 2018 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: england, world-war-ii, historical-fiction, read-in-2018

When she is 16 years old Laurel Nicolson witnesses her mother Dorothy commit a crime. Now that Dorothy is close to dying Laurel investigates her mothers past to try to figure out why the crime was committed. The book alternates between Laurel's search in 2011 and Dorothy's past during World War II. This book really dragged for me and I think this was at least partly due to the fact that I listened to it as an audio book. From now on I'm only going to do print versions of Morton's books. I also f ...more

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May 28, 2022 Sunflower rated it liked it

Shelves: library, fiction-read-2022

This is almost a guilty-pleasure book: you could sink into it and go along for the ride. I thought it was great until just over half way when I decided I didn't like Dolly, and then decided that the book could have been edited to remove much of what happened in the next quarter. The ending was worth it, the dual timelines never confusing and overall an enjoyable relaxing read. ...more

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