by Laird Hunt
2.5 starsI wish the title of this book for me would have been Neverread because it kills me to give it this rating. Although I had been looking forward to this book, I found that I couldn't get into it. The last 75 pages were pure torture and I felt like I was running in quick sand to get through th...
Excellent story about a young married woman who makes the decision, with her husband, to disguise herself as a man and fight for the Union during the Civil War. Constance chooses to go because she is fearless, a better aim, and longs to see the world. Her husband, Bartholomew, stays behind to take c...
Neverhome is a war story without a battle. Ash is a soldier, and she kills without hesitation. Yet, the story is not about her battlefield experiences. Rather, it is her entire wartime experience, from her first steps away from the homestead until well after she returns home and settles back into ci...
Neverhome by Laird Hunt is the story of Constance “Ash” Thompson, who dressed herself as a man and fought in the Civil War. Through her eyes, the book depicts the struggle of surviving a war. Much as I looked forward to the premise of the book, this was not the book for me both because of gaps in th...
On the surface, Laird Hunt has written a touching tale about a woman’s love for her husband and the sacrifice she made for him. She went off to fight in the Civil War, leaving him, the weaker one, behind. Since Constance was more masculine in her demeanor and Bartholomew was more feminine, they reve...
Constance Thompson was taught by her mother that their family does not turn the other cheek. If someone wrongs them, they right it. They don't stand by when they see someone being wronged, either. This doesn't make her family very popular in their corner of Randolph County, Indiana. It also gives Co...
Log in with Facebook 
