pickLoved this, especially being from Colorado and having visited some of the places mentioned!
pickOur library picked this as it's big community read, so I gave it a try. It's really well written and interesting, for sure. Beautiful prose, deep explorations of grief, women's issues, and displacement, and a Colorado setting make this book really shine. It did have the parade of painful tragedies that make me hate historic fiction. I loved hearing from the author during an author presentation at the library. She's wonderful. #ColoradoAuthor
pickMy friend lent me this book and said I had to read it before going to Colorado peach country this weekend. I didn‘t love it, but I really enjoyed the way Read wrote about the land - tending it and living on it. It was interesting to read about this part of the history of the state as well. A light pick for me.
pickThis may be the first novel I‘ve read where I know the landscapes. I live in Montrose and am familiar with all the other places. Peaches grow very well in this area. The story has much sadness and grief. It was a difficult time in the world and not easy on so many fronts. I‘ve read about the making of many reservoirs across the country and know how difficult it is to be moved for the greater good. I liked many of the characters. 4.25/5
so-soFirst half a 4star read , it looses plot and pace midway and the second half is just plain dull , considering the story line it should be riveting 🧐 but it isn‘t , an ok summer read no where near as good as paper palace or where the crawdads sing
pickI really enjoyed this. Reminded me a little of Crawdads but I think I enjoyed this more.
Next kindle read . . . Again I think this may have been influenced by Instagram. What is happening to me?!
pickThis might be the best novel I have read this year. So beautifully written, a novel that reads like a true classic. A beautiful story of a woman with unfortunate family circumstances, the brutality of prejudice and sacrifices of motherly love. I am sad it‘s over- I loved it!
pickAn immediately absorbing story, but in the large part it was unremittingly bleak. I like bleak, but this was very bleak. With echoes of Where the Crawdads Sing, Victoria is left unmoored by the death of her mother aged 12, left in a household of men who expect her to assume her mother‘s role. When she falls in love with Wilson Moon things unravel. My book group loved this. I enjoyed it but also had some niggles, not sure if I‘m being overly picky…
so-soBook club pick, easy to read and no unexpected plot twists. I found it simple to predict and it included a vast amount. Possibly tried too much.
Nice descriptions of natural world and of the farmer community. I was interested to note that in the first section, all the female characters were broken in some way, and the men were all, save two, of a similar upbringing, employment and shared casual racism and sexism. Maybe of the era or locality.
