Bohjalian created a powerful narrative that highlights the horror and heartache of the Armenian genocide of 1915 while showing the spirit and strength of the survivors. Although violent and graphic at times, it felt necessary to the story and did not feel at all gratuitous. Bohjalian prevents the ...
I was not impressed. I did not know (as the book says) about the Armenian genocide and so it was interesting to learn a bit of history. The story, though, was at first confusing and then just too contrived for my liking.I thought the writing was at times too stiled and Bohjalian was trying too har...
I don't know if I was sleeping during history class when this was covered, but I knew NOTHING about the Armenian genocide by the Turks at the start of WW I. This is another horrible episode in history where one group tries to completely annihilate another, including women and young children - 1.5 m...
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.The Sandcastle Girls is a novel that outlines the lives of several characters, both past and present, and how their lives were impacted by the Armenian Genocide in 1915.I was also among the readers who had never...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-sandcastle-girls.htmlThe Sandcastle Girls is a story blending the present and the past. The present is the story of Laura Petrosian. She is a writer living with her family in New York. She is of Armenian descent, an...
Coincidentally, this is the second book I've read in the last year or so about the Armenian genocide, and once again I was struck by how little I had ever known about this. It's hard to say you "enjoyed" a book that was in many ways so grim, but it was well written and a good story. Well worth read...
ETA: No, I didn’t really like this book. I just gave it three stars because I am glad Bohjalian wrote a book about the genocide. The narration was off, I didn’t like the two threads, particularly the modern one, and parts are written for the movies, i.e .way too theatrical, and yes even fluffy! I ...
Although, at first, the book might appear to be a love story between an Armenian engineer, Armen, and an American woman, Elizabeth Endicott, of French and Armenian heritage, it is much more about the Armenian genocide of 1915. When Laura Petrosian who resides in Westchester, NY, discovers a picture...
"There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews and the Cambodians and the Serbs and the Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, really, how much genocide can one sentence handle?" (160)There are many lost secrets and horrors among the civilizations inhabiting our world. Unfortunately, we ...
Hands up who's heard of the Amernian genocide during World War I? I certainly hadn't, so when I learnt that Chris Bohjalian's newest book drew from both his own Armenian background, and the Armenian genocide, it instantly had my attention.Told in alternating POVs and across two timeframes, The Sandc...
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