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Three Weeks In December (2012)

by Audrey Schulman(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1609450647 (ISBN13: 9781609450649)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Europa Editions

review 1: I found the ending (both endings) to be a bit of a let-down, especially in that the revelation of the connection between the two storylines felt sort of forced and cheesy, almost like the author was trying too hard to pin the entire meaning or point of the book on that one moment. It also started to feel almost praising of British colonialism in a weird way. However, I did enjoy the book more than I was expecting to given that it didn't at first seem like the kind of book I usually enjoy. I found Max's chapters much more interesting than Jeremy's, though, which were slightly painful to get through at first. Towards the end his part of the story grew on me, at least up until that last scene.
review 2: Schulman's book deserves more than three stars, possibly four... more, just for the immediacy she gives us in these parallel stories. One takes us to the bush where lions are among the problems to be faced in building a railroad. The other is among the mountain gorillas during a war. Strong characters engage well in these locations to make us appreciate preservation and progress in the lives of our protagonists and in our own. less

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