Saturday, November 09, 2024

The Cruelest Month


This is only the 3rd book in the series. Sadly I didn't like this one. It was darker than the other 2. And Gamache was a bit out of sorts this time. I don't know if it was the people who were to keep an eye on Gamache, or his best friend thought of him all this time as jealousy. And his family were threaten.

The story of Hadley House was always to be in the forefront. I just don't know this story was disconnected for me

TS Eliot poem meaning- believing that hope was cruel because it always led to disappointment.He always believed that the contrast between the despair of a person and the bright world of Spring 



can make the person even more unhappy. Like when flowers start to bud but the cold weather is not really done. So in cases, the buds don't make it.

 And maybe that's why it was a disconnect. All through the story there was hope only for it to be taken away of sorts.

Anyways I give The Cruelest Month  4


Am looking to read the 4th book!

Saturday, November 02, 2024

Broadway Butterfly


I really wanted to like this book. I usually don't go for books that are non fiction. Although this book is not  marked as non fiction, it is based on true facts.
I actually sat in on an interview with this author and of course made the book interesting to read. And also was from the city I lived. 

It got to the point that I couldn't wait til I finished book. The story itself was very interesting but very repetitive. One good thing it was a Kindle First Reads choice. Of course there could be no ending as we know because well Who dunit? Not every ending gets all wrapped up with a bow.

I felt a bit sorry for Dot King. For she never really got to live her life and never knew what she was getting into. Getting herself involved with a politician (of sorts), people with a lot of money using for who knows what? Dot's own family trying to cash in.

The life of a flapper is glamours? Or is it dangerous, or both?

At the end I can only say story was interesting. Confusing on where the author wanted to take this story( I believe it"s because she tried to stick to the true story and not sound factual) It's hard to do that. For that she lost a lot of other readers as well as me. Which brings the thought should I read another book by this author? Time can only tell.

I give Broadway Butterfly 3-4