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Katharine McMahon
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Pages: 416 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0753823748
Pub: Phoenix
Pub date: 2007-12-27
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21
Reader Reviews:
Difficult to put down (1/2 people found this helpful)
I picked up Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann, I had not expected it to be much more than a semi-interesting read. However, with every page turn, I became more and more attached to the novel's heroine, and actually found it very difficult to put the book down. Since reading this book, I have highly recommended it to all my girlfriends. It's a beautiful story about life, love and friendship filled with excitement, heartbreak and hope. I'd also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's bestselling novel--The Fates--if you haven't yet!!
Let down ending (0/0 people found this helpful)
I was enjoying this book until I was half way through where I became TOTALLY hooked and spent my sunday not being able to put it down. So imagine my disapointment when I found the ending to be a complete let down. It was beautifully written and a very interesting period of history that I knew very little about, but I am just left with feeling that I haven't finished reading the love story.
Envolving but... (10/10 people found this helpful)
I really started to like this book having read a few historical novels recently. I was truly envolved in the lives of the Victorian women and the history of the time is plainly and decriptively written. The attention to detail is lovely and the characters are easy to form in the imagination.
The reason i have given this only three stars is that the ending was a bit of a let down and the characters unravelled towards the end leaving me unsatisfied as to a true solution. The added factor of the "Richard and Judy" book club style questions and discussions that are printed at the back of the book only added to my annoyance. But that was probably because I bought it in paperback and it is going to be reviewed by them. Gawd help us all!
Totally involving until you get to the end. And no, tapestry and needlework will not save the world!
Interesting historical novel (29/31 people found this helpful)
Admittedly it took me quite a while to get into the flow of the book, but once that happened i was engrossed. The Crimean war is a period of history that i really didnt know alot of, except for Florence Nightingale. The story is told by Mariella, a young women who has grown up in London, without actually seeing any of London. She has lead a very sheltered life, that is until her delightful cousin Rosa descends from the North and lives with Mariella and her family. I loved the contrast of stern and innocent Mariella and Rosa who just wants to help every individual that comes across her path. In the middle of this, is Henry Thewall, Mariella's fiancee who is a doctor and working in the Crimea. Rosa leaves London to nurse in the Crimea, her letters detailing the horror and expressing how she cant seem to do enough to help the soldiers. Suddenly the letters from Rosa stop and no more is heard from her, worried about her cousin and her fiancee, Mariella leaves London to search for them. I really enjoyed the book, once Mariella had left London, discovering how strong she actually is without the people she loves around her. And again, its an interesting period in British history that is rarely written about.
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