The Colour | Litsy

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#readaroundtheworld #newzealand Taking place during the 1860‘s gold rush in NZ, this story is an unfolding of relationships with each other, with the land and of course with the gold. The Maori character Pare, is the least well drawn but the colonists are nuanced. Well worth the read. Picture is from the Otago gold fields at that time. Brutal conditions with rats and greed fighting it out.

Simona, rockpools, BookwormM

Currey On to

Grace: Potiki

rockpools This has such mixed reviews! I‘m looking forward to seeing how you get on with Patricia Grace - she‘s gone onto my ‘to read when the library‘s fully functioning‘ list. 3y

Currey @rockpools Yes, it has a strange tempo and the Maori “magical realism” doesn‘t seem authentic but overall I did enjoy it. It really put me into the historical times. I am about half way through Potiki and loving it. 3y

rockpools @Currey Huh. I REALLY didn‘t see magical realism coming! But I‘ll keep an eye out for your review of Potiki. 3y

BookwormM I enjoyed this one 3y

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Caroline2

The Colour: A Novel | Rose Tremain

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One of those times were I wished I‘d trusted my instincts and bailed! This is bleak, depressing and down right disturbing at times, it‘s stayed with me and not in a good way. (Beautiful writing though.)

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Henrik_Madsen

The Colour: A Novel | Rose Tremain

so-so

Lots of drama in this tale from the gold rush in 19th Century New Zealand. Joseph Blackstone has gone there with his wife and mother but they soon discover that succeeding is only for the few. My problem with the novel is, I never really believed the characters and therefore didn‘t really care about them.

CafeMom I actually really liked this one. Sorry it was not a hit for you. 5y

Henrik_Madsen I know - lot‘s of people liked it when it was discussed on Librarything. Just not for me I guess. 5y

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diovival

The Colour: A Novel | Rose Tremain

#junetunz Day18: #gold

"He found each and every particle of the gold astonishing and beautiful. It had come out of the mud and it was his, because he alone had seen it and recognized it for what it was."

@Cinfhen

LeahBergen Loved this one! 👍🏼 7y

Andrew65 Aiming to read this later this year, owned a copy for a number of years. 7y

erzascarletbookgasm Recently discovered author, plan to read more of him :) 7y

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Cinfhen Gorgeous sentence 💛and it's the same author as

The Gustav Sonata

RealLifeReading Beautiful cover! 7y

batsy That cover 😍 7y

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