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Buddy Read for The Time In Between by Maria Duenas
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Mar 02, 2021 10:20AM
In a twist of Africa and Trim, Joy and Sally have agreed to superimpose or add our #12 to #7 and read for the Africa Tag - The Time in Between. Feel free to join us, if this calls to you, or you are looking for a good Buddy Read.
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The beautiful story within this book has stayed with me since my reading of it in 2019. I eagerly look forward to hearing the thoughts of those who read this!
I am so excited!!!. Just finishing up Eva Luna and then starting The Time In Between.
Amy ... the author's name is María Dueñas
You will love this book amy
I am looking forward to it. I think I am going to start in a day or two. I am 65% through the Exiles. The jury is out for me on that one. Its not a bad read in the least, but its a hard life for our characters and I am waiting for what I hope will be the redemptive part.
I just started this but it will take me a while to read. So far, I am very much enjoying it, The protagonist makes a decision early in the book and I wanted to shout out to her "don't do it!"
Hooray for Joy reading with us. We are four so far, with some interested folks as well. I am starting this today.
OK - Joy, if you meant the decision she makes in the first thirty pages of the book, I was of the opposite opinion! Go Go Go!!!!!! I can't wait to see how this turns out!
Stayed up all night - not sure that it was the book keeping me up, but it certainly helped pass the time on a sleepless night. Looks like I am the first to finish. I really loved it and can't wait to talk to you guys about it. My review was incredibly short, perhaps I'll write more later, but just wanted to put something down and savor a little more, before maybe writing some more.
I am loving it and hope to finish this weekend when I can devote several uninterrupted hours to it. It is a hard book to put down. Very engaging!
Amy wrote: "OK - Joy, if you meant the decision she makes in the first thirty pages of the book, I was of the opposite opinion! Go Go Go!!!!!! I can't wait to see how this turns out!"Yes, the (view spoiler)- I could sense the red flags.
I am reading a number of books at once, so I will be the last to finish, but so far I am enjoying it very much!
Joy Called It~ The romantic in me said yes, and you said Oh Boy!
Hey Amy. I just finished. Woo Hoo!
Joy is probably not far off!
I am getting there. Reading too many books at once, lol. I am really enjoying it.
Finished! Really enjoyed it and plan to give it 4 stars when I write my review. This is historical fiction done well. No glaring anachronisms. Definitely kept my interest. I loved the use of real people of the time. Let me know if you want to discuss it.
I lived it for the same reasons Joy
I’m ready to go when you guys are!
I haven't published my review yet, but here's what I am planning to say about it:Set in Spain, Morocco, and Portugal during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, this book tells the story of Sira, a poor seamstress born in Madrid, who transforms into an acclaimed designer. Sira falls in love and migrates to Morocco during the Spanish Civil War, where she endures many hardships and must remake her life. She is swept up in the turbulent events of the era, including politics and espionage.
This is the type of historical fiction I enjoy. The author sets the story around fictional characters and supplements the narrative with real people. It feels authentic to the time period. The story includes romantic relationships, but it is not primarily a romance. Sira must find an inner core of strength to overcome many obstacles, and her character growth is noticeable. The storyline is stitched together in segments that portray the main events in Sira’s life, which seems appropriate in a novel about a seamstress. There is a lot going on in this novel and it offers a pleasing mix of character development and plot. The pace ramps up in the second half when the espionage storyline kicks in.
The story is narrated by Sira, looking back on her life. “And that is my story, or at least that’s how I remember it, perhaps varnished over with the sheen that decades and nostalgia give to things. What happened in Spain after the European war, as well as the traces of many people who have passed through this account—Beigbeder, Rosalinda Fox, Serrano Suñer, and others—can be found in history books and archives, and in the memories of older generations. Their comings and goings, their glories and miseries were objective facts that in their day filled newspapers and fed the salons and the clusters of people gossiping on street corners.”
I particularly enjoyed the depiction of life in Tétouan , Morocco. The author does a great job of establishing an ambiance of color and activity. The writing style is detailed, perhaps occasionally too detailed, but overall, it is an entertaining piece of historical fiction.
Thank you for starting us off. I think what you’re right about the way the author adds color and description to the places and events is really right on the mark. The plot in itself was exciting, but it was really the writing that sold the story. She had such ingenuity. I really liked her as a character. And I liked the fact that she was sort of an unwilling accomplice, that she got involved Really by fate and not of her own choosing. I think the spoiler about the love interest was just an obvious one from the start, but that’s OK. It’s OK to be the reader who knows what’s going on even when the character does not. But for someone so smart I felt like it was just a writing convention that she missed that one. But that was a guy it was quite easy to fall in love with.
Yes, I think it was very realistic for her to fall for that guy, especially since she was young and naive.
