This is my first time reading a work by this book's author. Her voice reminded me of Mark Twain with its authentic characters and vivid details of life in 1906 upstate NY and what a struggle daily life was for the permanent residents. The town (name escapes this second) is the summer destination for...
4.5 starsThis was a beautifully written book, told from the point of view of Mattie. You come to root for both Mattie and Weaver even though there seems to be little hope in their dreams coming true. The mystery surrounding a girl's drowning death is woven into the story well. I was initially the mo...
The first book I read by Jennifer Donnelly was Revolution. I must say contrary to a number of reviews of that book, I prefer that one over A Northern Light. Although this book is good, I don't think it is better than Revolution.
Didn't know about this book at first, but Mattie's voice was totally compelling. I know this is marketed as a young adult novel, but that seems only by virtue of the protagonist being a young girl. The subject matter and the depth of this novel are certainly suited for adult readers. I greatly en...
There was a lot to like about this book. The setting was clearly well researched and the characters very realistic. The protagonist Maddie works at a nearby hotel as a maid during the tourist season. A guest gives her a stack of letters to destroy but before she gets the chance to the girl is discov...
I am becoming a huge fan of jennifer donnelly. I adore her writing style. I love that the stories are "real" in the sense that they aren't all happy and mushy the whole way through, but there is always a sense of hope for the characters. I think we all want a touch of hope but we know sometimes thin...
The story of sixteen year old Mattie Gokey is told in two threads – only months apart from one another and which finally meet at the very end. In one thread Mattie is working at the fancy Adirondack hotel just a few miles away from her family’s modest farm in the ‘North Woods’. She is haunted by a...
Pretty fascinating, an interesting look at life in New England earlier in the 20th century, through the ambitious eyes of Mattie Gokey, who has a love for literature and desires to go to New York to become a writer.The story is excellently written and, for the most part, devoid of the cliches that c...
This book was pretty slow going for me in the beginning. But, I pushed through and am glad I gave it a chance. I ended up being pleasantly surprised by the outcome.
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