I know nothing about astrology, gold mining, or New Zealand so I was skeptical, but it was so easy to become absorbed in this story. It was wonderfully exciting and perfectly written; just really lovely story-telling. However, as the pieces start to fall into place, the story loses steam. This book ...
This book is obviously an attempt to emulate the lengthy and intricately detailed novels of the Victorian era, like something Dickens would have written (Bleak House came to mind as I read it). Unfortunately, it falls far short of that mark, and instead was just overly wordy, repetitive, and slow-m...
A truly stunning and unique achievement. At around the 300 page mark, I stopped trying to take notes, as it was almost impossible, and just lost myself in the myriad of plots and characters. The last 150 pages alone are award worthy. Cannot wait to see how it'll be adapted for TV, but I hope it's at...
I had a bit of difficulty getting into this book, but I ended up actually enjoying the book. I think if there had been a little bit more editing to the book (the first section should have been cut maybe by about 100 pages), I think that I may have enjoyed the book a little bit more than I did. Ove...
"Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view." I loved this book. Yet despite the above quote, I can understand those who don't. It is written in a Victorian style, so if you don't enjoy books like Dickens you probably w...
I found this one to be interesting, but it failed on several levels. Twelve men, plus one, form an impromtu jury to find out happened on a night several months earlier, when a woman is found beaten and bloody, a miner is found dead in his cabin, and a young man turns up missing. Set in the New Zeala...
I'm surprised to see I hadn't written a post, though I finished this book several weeks ago. But on second thought, it is a lengthy, densely populated, and intricately constructed book. It wanted digestion. My prose preferences tend toward prettiness and elegance, and this book is neither, except ...
This might just be the best book I've ever read. Intelligent, thought provoking and completely absorbing that I couldn't put it down. Catton skilfully related this mystery tale from a multiple point of view perspective.
I read the first 80 or 90 pages of this book and did not like it at all. The only reason for me to continue reading would have been because everyone else was gasping and gushing about how wonderful it is. Nope. Uh-uh. Not gonna get sucked into wasting my hours again. That happened to me with The Gol...
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