I particularly enjoy historical novels that provide a window into an unfamiliar period, place, culture, or incident – a ‘well I didn’t know that’ factor. It’s not absolutely necessary, but it does lend a mild frisson of learning and interest to a good story. In that sense Rachel Urquhart’s “The Visi...
Hahaha!This is another "Aw, shit" production!I love Hachette.So this wasn't the story for me.I think all the things I was supposed to get from it, I missed. I got a lot of other things, instead.The story is ok, though I never bought into it which is probably why I didn't enjoy it as much as others h...
Anyone who knows me knows that I love historical fiction. Adore it. Simply devour it. I picked this book up with a single goal: to learn about a community during a time period that I knew not a single thing about. I definitely accomplished that goal; I knew nothing of Shaker culture, or even that it...
I enjoyed this story. It made me think about powerlessness and agency, fitting in and ostracism, abuse and manipulation and the way in which hurts suffered can resurface in the most mysterious ways.
3.5 star read
REVIEW: THE VISIONIST by Rachel Urquhart
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-visionist.htmlPolly Kimball is a fifteen year old growing up in the 1800s in Massachusetts. She lives on a farm with her mother, her younger brother, and her abusive father. They barely scrape by, and Polly lives i...
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