The Light in the Ruins (Audio)
ISBN:
9780307917423 (0307917428)
Publish date: July 9th 2013
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Italy,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
War,
World War II,
Suspense
I am a little disappointed in this book overall, as I had high expectations after seeing some very good reviews. Also disappointing that I didn’t like this more because my library has several more audios of this author’s books on Overdrive. It started out well, at least, with a brutal murder occurri...
This was my first Chris Bohjalian book and I'm really glad I've been introduced to his writing. The Light in the Ruins is a fascinating mystery that plays out in Italy between 1955 - the time of the murder, and 1944 - the reason for it. He brings an incredible amount of detail to his historical fict...
The novel opens with the grisly murder of Francesca, the daughter-in-law of Marchese Rosati, in 1955. The murderer tells us he is targeting the entire Rosati family. The question is: Why? While the detectives work to solve the crime and protect the other family members, the author slowly reveals eve...
Review first posted on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-light-in-ruins.htmlThe Light in the Ruins is a story of World War II as it comes to Italy and a story of a war vendetta carried out about ten year later. The story moves back and forth between the two time periods, sl...
I was a bit disappointed in this book. I spent the whole book dying to know who was the killer and when I found out who it was at the end it felt like a letdown. I don't think it helped much that I didn't really like anyone in the Rosati family either. I was annoyed with how naive Cristina was, and ...
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