7/27-8/6

This is really for the whole series: strong and non-trivial characters, a mythos different from any other, excellent character development and plotting. Perhaps not Great Fiction (tm) but very well-written, literate, and fun.

Without hyperbole the best book I've read this year; Literary to a tee, with rich, believably flawed characters, and a gently twisty plot. The narrative style feels like non-supernatural Stephen King at his best (The Body, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Mercedes) while being reminiscent of the misery level drama (or trauma) of books like 'The Girl Next Door' by Jack Ketchum or 'Before We Were Yours' by Lisa Wingate. While the Story spans decades and over 250 chapters, it never drags; pulling you along the lives of deeply damaged people, concluding in an ending that, while not ideal or perfect, is as messy as real life, and ultimately satisfying.

I liked it.

Very enteresting romance!!!

This has been the best book I've read this year. It is the perfect romance novel with a mix of different lifestyles in all. I will recommend this book to everyone.

A fascinating read about eighteenth century colonial life in Maine based on the diary of a wife mother, gardener and healer;numerous challenges and adventures. Notably, the great great grandmother of Mary Hobart, MD, an early American female physician and the great aunt of Clara Barton. The author, ulrich,fills in the cultural and social logical makeup of family, male and female roles as well as community, religious and political matters at the time. Lives of severe hardships and challenges. Martha lived a difficult and admirable life.

It was really funny and I liked how the little sister wrote in the diary for most of the whole book because she stole it from her older sister.

This was an interesting read into the life of Beowulf, but lacked on some important features characteristic of many other books I prefer... Such as characterization.

Fascinating book about art, forgery, and painting. The narrator has morals and portrays the ethical questions sympathetically.