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I loved this book. Charles Frazier's recreation of the Odyssey set in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the Civil War. Ada Monroe and Inman had a blossoming romance before the civil war breaks out. As the war rages on Ada loses her father, who is a preacher and Inman loses his friends and comrades during a brutal battle in which he is injured.
Inman decides to set off for home and endures one travail after another.
While Inman is struggling to reach home Ada is struggling to survive.
I found this a b ...more
Inman decides to set off for home and endures one travail after another.
While Inman is struggling to reach home Ada is struggling to survive.
I found this a b ...more
Civil War soldier Inman deserts from a hospital after being wounded in the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, and slowly makes his way home to Cold Mountain in North Carolina following a circuitous route through the Blue Ridge Mountains, foraging for food and trying to dodge the bounty hunters aiming to kill or capture him and the many other Confederate deserters like him.
Meanwhile on a plot of land on Cold Mountain, Ada Monroe, an uprooted city girl, is waiting for Inman and learning to farm her ...more
Meanwhile on a plot of land on Cold Mountain, Ada Monroe, an uprooted city girl, is waiting for Inman and learning to farm her ...more
I had a hard time finishing this...why?
At times I loved this book. At times it felt long. The language was beautiful except when it started to feel unnecessarily wordy. I want to give it 4 stars but I think I have to settle for 3 1/2.
I listened to the audio and really enjoyed it. I thought it was well-written and the text flowed like poetry. Although the plot moved a bit slowly there were several tales of the Blue Ridge Mountain folks that were quite entertaining. I don't think I would have liked it as well in a hard copy.
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