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1929: Book One (2000)

by M.L. Gardner(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

series

The 1929 Series

review 1: Looking forward to reading the rest of the series!I enjoyed this book. The differing resilience of the characters felt like real life...as we are seeing with the current economical times. Interesting seeing it from the different viewpoints of the marriages. Also like the way the historical information is combined as this was a period that I had heard a lot about but did not really understand from a living point of view the way that this book tries to show it.
review 2: I've now read the first 3 books in this series -- my review for every book is/will be the same. (I wrote "will be" since I know I'll keep reading to the end of the series.) In a nutshell, these are books I love to hate. The storyline is engaging, and I definitely want to keep reading to see what ... morehappens to all the characters. Having said that, there are SO MANY historical inaccuracies that it's almost, but not quite, enough to make me walk away. Other readers have pointed out some of the obvious errors, like showers in the NYC tenements, etc. I'll point out a couple of things that just about drives me crazy: (1) the author's constant use of bad grammar in an effort to make the dialogue more authentic -- at least I can only assume that's why she uses it. Case in point, "Me and Caleb used to go there when we were younger." (OK, this isn't a direct quote, but you get the idea.) Every time I read another example of "Me and ____ did such and such" it make me grit my teeth. (2) Getting a very simple detail like the Ides of March incorrect. I Book 3, one of the chapters is titled, "March 10, 1931," and starts off: " 'The Ides of March,' Jonathan grumbled as he carried Jean back to his bed." NO! NO! NO! The Ides of March is the 15th!!! The Ides of any month is the 15th!!! IMO, this sort of error is inexcusable. (3) In Book 2, a large chunk of the plot is "lifted" straight from the movie "Ghost." Hardly original.OK, so it's obvious I have a number of issues with the series/writing. BUT, as I've said above, I'll keep reading to see what happens. And I guess ultimately that's what matters to the author. less

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