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Bezig met laden... Winter's Children (2010)door Leah Fleming
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was an impulse buy from my favourite quirky bookshop in Nafplio - the most beautiful seaside town in Greece - where I spend my summer holidays every year. Usually, impulse buys don't work well for me, and this was no exception. It is a novel that disappointed me, because I expected more. It started well, with I initially thought there was great potential in Winter's Children. Leah Fleming combined elements of the Historical fiction genre and the Contemporary really well. The historical plot is about 50% of the novel, but I believe that the contemporary section of the book fell short in comparison, due to the uninteresting plot and the characters. The Snowden ancestors, men and women, are very interesting, intriguing, and seem to have sprung out of the most beautiful British pastoral fiction. There are Christmas customs and myths, witchcraft, religious fights, and tragedy. On the other hand, the story set in 2001 is simple, predictable, and too melodramatic for my taste. The characters are nothing special, really. Kay is an ever-grieving widow that falls into a sea of self-misery, and self-pity. Her young daugher, Evie, is selfish, spoiled and stubborn. Nik is practically useless, and his mother, Nora, is a hypocrite, someone who's always pointing the finger at everyone except herself, having caused misery to herself and her family with her life choices. If it wasn't for the family saga story, the beautiful descriptions of Yorkshire during wintertime, and the haunting, witchy tales full of local lore and delicious superstition, I wouldn't have the patience to finish ot. However, if you like the Women's fiction genre with a well- structured Christmasy feel, then you may as well give Winter's Children a try. A quick read, this book follows the tales of the Snowden family and their ancestry plus the Partridges who are visiting Wintergill Farm, in the Yorkshire Dales, for the Christmas period. I enjoyed the descriptions of the countryside and the historical periods covered. The characters seemed believable, though a few of the scenes seemed a little contrived. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Grieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Kay wants to shut the door and forget about everything. Evie, struggling to come to terms with the concept of death, just wants her Daddy to come home for Christmas. But Wintergill is far from the quiet refuge that they expected. Devastated by Foot and Mouth, Nik Snowden and his Mother Nora are facing a bleak future. The two are at loggerheads. Nora has had enough of the hard life but Nik wants to keep the house and lands that have been in his family for generations. But Nik is not the only one attached to the house. In the distant past, a terrible tragedy occurred and ever since a restless spirit has haunted the land, seeking a child that once was lost. Through the generations, the ghost has brought misery and pain to bear on the inhabitants. But where one spirit has sown despair, others have sought to protect the children of Wintergill. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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