Title: A Fall of Marigolds
Author: Susan Meissner
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: This is a tale of two women--Clara and Taryn. Clara is working as a nurse on Ellis Island in 1911. She can't bear to return to Manhattan after witnessing the man she loved fall to his death during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Taryn's story takes place in Manhattan in 2011. Taryn's husband died on 9/11. Taryn was supposed to meet him in the Tower to tell him she was pregnant but she was running behind and she survived while her husband died. Their stories are blended by a beautiful scarf that provides comfort to both of them in their time of need.
Review: I wanted to like this book more. There was nothing wrong with it. It just wasn't great. Maybe I feel like it should have been more heavy. There are some heavy topics here but it didn't get too deep. Everything was pulled together in a pretty bow at the end and sometimes I get disappointed by those.
Time to write: 1:38
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Book review: The Book of Jonah
Title: The Book of Jonah
Author: Joshua Max Feldman
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary: Jonah's a lawyer at a Manhattan white shoe firm on the partner track. He has a girlfriend that he's pretty sure he's going to end up marrying one day. In the meantime he's also still seeing another girl on the side. He's on top of the world. Then Jonah goes to a party one night and has a disturbing vision. These visions continue and end up turning his life as he knew it upside down. He crosses paths with Judith Bulbrook, an intense woman with struggles of her own
Review: I loved the first part of this book and the end. The main reason I didn't give it five stars is there was a small part of the middle that seemed a little vague and meandering. Perhaps that was the point but it didn't really resonate with me. This book was different from anything I've read in a long time. Jonah's self-destruction is fascinating and Judith is an interesting character in her own right as well. Judith is set to conquer the world when tragedy changes her world forever. I love living vicariously through characters whose life takes a path that I didn't get a chance to explore.
Author: Joshua Max Feldman
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary: Jonah's a lawyer at a Manhattan white shoe firm on the partner track. He has a girlfriend that he's pretty sure he's going to end up marrying one day. In the meantime he's also still seeing another girl on the side. He's on top of the world. Then Jonah goes to a party one night and has a disturbing vision. These visions continue and end up turning his life as he knew it upside down. He crosses paths with Judith Bulbrook, an intense woman with struggles of her own
Review: I loved the first part of this book and the end. The main reason I didn't give it five stars is there was a small part of the middle that seemed a little vague and meandering. Perhaps that was the point but it didn't really resonate with me. This book was different from anything I've read in a long time. Jonah's self-destruction is fascinating and Judith is an interesting character in her own right as well. Judith is set to conquer the world when tragedy changes her world forever. I love living vicariously through characters whose life takes a path that I didn't get a chance to explore.
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