I was immediately attracted to this book, pulled in by the melancholy undertones promised via the cover and the fact that it's historical fiction. In my experience, I have found that stories of this genre have strong hearts at their center, and they invariably leave me struck with a sense of nostal...
This is at once an elegantly rendered and emotionally manipulative novel. What a tearjerker this turned out to be and I loved it from the get-go. I am not surprised the novel received positive reviews upon publication and a film adaptation was released later on.Set in Australia’s west coast during t...
You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things. It took a while to complete The Light Between Oceans. For one, there is much to read about in this book that drives a very poignant story that definitely guarantee tiss...
This book was a Goodreads Choice award winner for 2012, so it was the sort of fluff that tends to be a money maker. The author constantly yanks at your emotions, so that you don't have much time to sit back and consider how implausible the entire thing really is. This is the story of a man who doe...
Another exceptional debut novel, this time from M. L. Stedman. An absolutely satisfying read for me as it captured my attention from beginning and held me until the end. This story begins with the character of Tom Sherbourne who after the first World War takes a job on Janus Rock, Australia as a ...
Tom Sherbourne is newly arrived to the Janus Rock area, where he will be in charge of the lighthouse. But life has a lot more in store for him than he thought. As he works through his first year, he meets Isabel, who has determined that she is going to marry him. After their marriage and their first...
Any story about two mothers contending for custody of a child is immediately going to bring the story of Solomon’s decision. The difference in M.L. Stedman’s The Light Between Oceans is that both mothers—biological and adoptive—love the girl equally. Hannah Roennfeldt gave birth to Grace, but Isabel...
Following World War I thousands of soldiers returned home broken, many bodily, but there were also those whose spirit was broken. Tom Sherbourne was one such soldier. He suffered from extreme survivor's guilt and the only way he could think to survive was through a solitary existence, so he trained ...
For a melodrama, this book does its job well — very melodramatic, though a bit slow at parts. Each character's dilemma is portrayed believably in all its complexities; it was hard for me to decide who to root for, as one side's happiness means devastation for another. The author also skillfully desc...
Had my workplace not strongly encouraged that I read this, I would not have gotten past Chapter 3. This is a character-driven story (or should be -- more on that in a minute), and the best character sketch of the husband takes place on a passenger boat to Australia, where he is headed to sign up a...
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