The Diviner's Tale
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547382630 (0547382634)
ASIN: 547382634
Publish date: January 20th 2011
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
I've managed to get through more than 1/3 of this book, and I'm throwing in the towel. I'm just...done. It's not strictly terrible, but I'm so bored. The main character just grates on me. Her relationship with her (married!) male best friend is awkward at best, and her children are also kind of un...
I am a librarian, and my job is to catalog U.S. government publications. A year or two ago I cataloged a little pamphlet by the U.S. Geological Survey called Water Witching. This little book was published in 1966, and it was the Geological Survey's brief examination into the history and validity o...
I am highly offended by terrible writing and I make no secret of that fact. This book does not have terrible writing; it is probably the best-written god-awful story I've ever read and in a way, that is even more offensive than a bad story poorly written.I wish I were one of those amazing .gif-findi...
Cassandra is a diviner and she tells her the tale of what happened to her one summer while looking for water for a client. The story is interspersed with flashbacks from her younger life. I’m not sure I really liked the main character. She was a bit boring and at times pathetic. Her 11 year old...
Creepy and well-written. My review here: http://cineastesbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-diviners-tale-by-bradford-morrow.html