Ricky
I really enjoyed this. I enjoyed inhabiting this world even if I didn't particularly love the final pages. I kind of knew what I was in for from the beginning because they go to the fair at the beginning and they don't like the lemonade. And when they don't like the lemonade at the fair, you know what kind of book you're in. Anyway I really loved a lot of this book, but sometimes it felt like there was something missing and I didn't really feel satisfied by the ending. As historical fiction, it's intriguing because it feels somewhat true to the time, but also fairly anachronistic in other ways. It works on a political level though. It feels kind of Brechtian to leave you in that place. Anyway if this were a specific sub-genre, it might be most of what I read. I guess it's a love story about sensitive characters, sensitively rendered. It does a pretty good job of painting a picture of this world and of some of the issues of the time. Better written and more complex than a lot of stories, even if it isn't perfect. A number of compelling characters, even some that you only meet for a moment.
It's definitely one of those books though where after the book is over, I feel kind of sad because I liked being a part of that world.
I really enjoyed this. I enjoyed inhabiting this world even if I didn't particularly love the final pages. I kind of knew what I was in for from the beginning because they go to the fair at the beginning and they don't like the lemonade. And when they don't like the lemonade at the fair, you know what kind of book you're in. Anyway I really loved a lot of this book, but sometimes it felt like there was something missing and I didn't really feel satisfied by the ending. As historical fiction, it's intriguing because it feels somewhat true to the time, but also fairly anachronistic in other ways. It works on a political level though. It feels kind of Brechtian to leave you in that place. Anyway if this were a specific sub-genre, it might be most of what I read. I guess it's a love story about sensitive characters, sensitively rendered. It does a pretty good job of painting a picture of this world and of some of the issues of the time. Better written and more complex than a lot of stories, even if it isn't perfect. A number of compelling characters, even some that you only meet for a moment.
It's definitely one of those books though where after the book is over, I feel kind of sad because I liked being a part of that world.