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The Winter Guest (2014)

by Pam Jenoff(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0778315967 (ISBN13: 9780778315964)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin MIRA

review 1: Had a lot of unfulfilled potential. Extremely irritating. I did not appreciate the ending to the story. It struck me as lazy. It seems that Jenoff got to a point where she just didn't want to describe the progress of the family as they escaped to safety. There is also a lack of resolve where the story of two of the important characters is left incomplete save for a brief narrative at the end by an elder Helena. I found the story inconclusive. I'm not fond of inconclusive stories.
review 2: This intriguing cover is certainly eye-catching, and when coupled with a storyline featuring identical twins and set during World War II, well, it’s a given that I leapt at the chance to read this one! Set in Poland, Ruth and Helena are the eldest in their family, su... morepporting their three younger siblings while their mother lies in a hospital and their father lies in his grave. The book is a bit slow to start, but the rural village setting offers a unique angle into this tumultuous time period in history. There are a few distracting instances of inconsistent perspective, along with a plot that at times stretches the bounds of plausibility, but all in all, it is an entertaining and engaging story - once the plot picks up its pace. Implausible as it may be, the story is still a moving one. I like the Polish setting and it feels fairly well-researched from a historical perspective. It may not join the tops of my list of WWII novels, but it is not at the bottom, either! less

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