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Blackberry Bush (2011)

by David Housholder(Favorite Author)

3.16 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1283137240 (ISBN13: 9781283137249)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Summerside

review 1: The Blackberry Bush by David Housholder was an interesting piece of writing with the adaptation of history and historical fiction; however, judging the book by its cover was my initial mistake. The cover is very mysterious and dark. It made me think that the book was going to be about mystery. The book cover also includes the words, “Two babies—Kati and Josh—are born on opposite sides of the world at the very moment the Berlin Wall falls." I thought that was misleading since I imagined there to be a bigger significance or a story about their birth but there wasn’t. The book does include some religious references; such as, bible verses and lifestyle with God like going to church. The religious references aren’t obvious so a non-religious person might not mind the... morem. Being Christian myself I thought that was neat. The story was nice and interesting although I was expecting a mysterious and dark book. The story consists of family relationships and journeys of self-discovery. I like being able to relate to a character from the story, and that character was Kati. Kati’s description of a plain and realistic girl is what I enjoyed the most. Her journey through life and with God was realistic and not fairy tale like. The only thing I didn’t like about the book was the transitions between the diary entries. The diary entries seemed forced and unorganized. I don’t think they were VIABLE to the storyline. I thought the transitions between Josh’s and Kati’s entries were fine but I did not understand to need to add Nellie’s after a while. The author also added an entry of Zara; which, I thought was pointless because her feelings toward Kati were predictable. Overall, the story was great and it was an easy read, but I did have troubling eking out the entries because the book did move slowly.
review 2: It was a touching and sometimes moving story of a family which crossed 4 generations, ending with the birth of the boy and girl the day the Berlin wall fell. I was expecting more interaction between these 2 children.I was quite disappointed that so many opportunities to make this happen were left out. I finished it, but while the message was a worthy one, it barely held my interest. Perhaps, I should have predetermined that is was for the young-adult audience. less

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