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The Golden Land (2012)

by Di Morrissey(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1742611354 (ISBN13: 9781742611358)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Pan Macmillan Australia

review 1: I don't recall ever reading a Di Morrissey book I didn't like, so I was surprised when almost straight away it didn't click with me. The dialogue between the main character and her husband was terrible, really wooden and extremely forced. This being the case, it made me be a harsher judge of everything else to come. It was good for me to come across a subject I did not know much about as I love learning, but it was told through a dull main character. Most of the dialogue was boring in fact which surprising to say the least! My opinion is that her earlier work is so much better. I was disappointed as through the entire read I wanted to stop, but didn't through loyalty I think!
review 2: The novel was okay, but lacking in several areas. The plot didn't have a hug... moree amount of excitement or tension, apart from *spoiler alert* the premature birth of Andrew. All other plot developments were pretty predictable, unfortunately. Many of the characters were two dimensional, and in particular the dialogue between naive Natalie and husband Mark was wooden. I enjoyed learning about Burma in a more entertaining way than reading a text book, but there were also several issues with the timing of events in the book compared with the passage of time (ie Ssffron Revolution). A fair read. less

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