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The Fiddler's Gun (2014)

by A.S. Peterson(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0615325424 (ISBN13: 9780615325422)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Rabbit Room Press

series

Fin's Revolution

review 1: The Fiddler's Gun comes very close to being a five star book for me. Here's why: the writing, the story and the characters. It tells the tale of a Georgia orphan during the Revolutionary War. Yet Fin Button (Fin being short for Phinea, the 13th girl born to parents who left her at the orphanage) is no typical character. She is bold, headstrong, lovely, endearing and infuriating - in short, she's a lot like each of my very own daughters. Perhaps even more importantly, she's real and I enjoyed reading her tale.Peterson's writing manages to be fun, engaging and reminiscent of the historical setting - not an easy triumvirate. After reading just a few pages, I was compelled to read a few paragraphs aloud to my daughters. Sadly, after getting a bit further into the book, ... moreI decided this was one to share with other adult readers, not my 10 and 12 year old readers. It's not that there's anything strictly offensive in the book, but Fin goes through some harrowing ordeals and if I found some scenes difficult to endure, I'm sure they would bother my girls even more. But the book is well-written throughout, whether it's setting a scene that is grim or gleeful.The other thing Peterson manages to do in this book is convey truth without hitting you over the head with it. Early on in the book, a character talks about turning his pain into beauty with a fiddle. A fiddle might not be your tool of choice, but I believe there's great truth in the idea that our pain exists for a reason - and pain is often the source of and inspiration for great beauty.If you're in the mood for historical fiction that takes you to the world of Revolutionary War, piracy, sailors and a girl who has lost her way, The Fiddler's Gun will take you there. If you want a summer read that will entertain you and make you think, I think this book is a good choice. It's not too long to read over a long weekend, but it may leave you longing to read The Fiddler's Green - the next book in Fin's tale. Because if you're like me, you'll want to know where Fin goes from here and where she finally ends up.
review 2: Fiddlers Gun was something of a refreshing book for me.Having not read a pirate book, it was a nice change from all the paranormal YA that have been getting around and subsequently gathering on my shelf.Fin was a great man character I loved her strength and her venerability totally relate able is the most fair out of situations. this setting was beautiful and yet depressing, Peterson paints such a vivid picture of what it would have been like aboard the ship and in the ports at a time so bleak and yet at the very beginning of a new chapter in Americas history.Not being an American it was an interesting new setting for me to discover this is a book I would recommend, its as beautiful as its cover suggests less

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