Lara

Surprisingly wonderful!

Revisado: 02-06-23

This is not my typical genre at all. I’m so far from fantasy. I kept hearing the raves about this book so I decided to give it a try. What an incredible book about starting over, finding your own “family” and a cozy, wonderful coffee shop in fantasy medieval days I’m guessing. I got goosebumps and cried at the end! What a warm escape!

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Don’t get the hype

Revisado: 10-11-22

The story itself was pretty good up until the ending. It was like she didn’t know how to end it and didn’t know how. It wasn’t shocking to me at all. It was a big let down. I heard it compared to Gone Girl. Not even close. There were a lot of explicit sex scenes with very crude language and descriptions. I’m a pretty chill person and am a big cusser and it even made me cringe.

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So warm and uplifting!

Revisado: 09-05-22

Such a great story with such lovable characters. It’s not hokey and gushy like I expected. Very Practical Magic vibes. The narrator was great. I could listen to her Mika voice all day.

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Sweet-hearted, easy listen

Revisado: 07-11-21

This isn't a book that I'd typically pick up and read but my mom loved it so much so I gave it a chance. This is a sweet story about grief, recovery and finding support in the world. It's not sad. I thought it would be overly depressing. It's about how family doesn't have to be blood and that no matter what happens, there can be a silver lining. The three characters are lovable and you want them to find happiness. It took me a bit to get into it. It's probably because it's not my typical genre and the topic of bee keeping is unknown to me. The bee keeping story line is just the thing that connects the characters together. It's not hyper focused on it.

I did find that it ended really fast. It seemed like the minute it picked up, it ended. It reminded me of Where the Crawdads Sing and how fast it wrapped up (again another Mom pick that I didn't totally love). However, the end made me smile and left me uplifted.

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So much more than expected!

Revisado: 05-10-21

Wow! Totally not what I expected. I read this book because of how much I loved Daisy Jones. What a great book, surprising love story, story of survival (in more ways than one) and a life that from appearances sake seemed glamorous and perfect but was far from it. It ripped my heart out in so many places. It made me look at life and realize that at the end of it, how one can be ready to leave it. I loved the fact that it talked so much about family and that family doesn't have to be the traditional sense of family. Family are those you love more than anything and are put in your life for a reason. Although all of these are great aspects of this story, the overarching theme is the right to be who you are without hiding or pretending and live a happy life. I don't want to share anymore. Just read it.

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A must if you grew up in 70s/80s

Revisado: 03-15-21

This is a must for anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s. It over exceeded my expectations! It was so raw and emotional and made you feel as if you were right there with them. Hard to believe they are real. Very strong similarities to Stevie Nicks.

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That’s it???

Revisado: 07-27-18

I kept waiting for a big twist but it never came. Turns out it happened and I never realized it. This could have been a good story but there were just so many parts that were expanded on or just fell short. Turns out it was just a story about a woman with no self respect or backbone who made a bad choice in a husband and had a bad marriage. I tried to like it but couldn’t.

I could not deal with the narrators attempt to do a man’s voice.

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Heartbreaking and Wonderful!

Revisado: 05-18-18

Loved this book. I didn’t want it to end. Rill was such a refreshing character with so much passion and love for her family. This book is fiction but based on historic events. It’s amazing what a little twist of fate can do to these lives. Horribly sad at times and full of love and hope at others.

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Terrible!

Revisado: 01-17-17

This was a horribly depressing book but not just that. I have read other depressing books that I have loved - The Nightingale being one. This was a horrible story where the main character made mistake after mistake and never learned. She was hard to like and took being naive to a whole other level. I would have never finished this if it wasn't my book club book.

The narrator was almost unbearable. She read with a breathy dramatic cadence the entire book.

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Has a The Nightingale feel to it!

Revisado: 07-01-16

Great book! Loved every minute. The narrator is really good. Wonderful, love able characters and very interesting story. I've read a lot about WWII but didn't know much about the London invasion.

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