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The Yellow House (2009)

by Patricia Falvey(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1599952017 (ISBN13: 9781599952017)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Center Street

review 1: Eileen O'Neill is everything a young woman is: headstrong, positive she knows everything about everything, passionate, and naive when this books open.Within the first fifty pages, Eileen experiences so much loss that it makes her even more certain she has the answers.James Conlon is exactly the type of "bad boy" that would excite every young woman who crossed his path. Why wouldn't Eileen be just like them, one of many, and fall for a hot young exciting man?Owen Sheridan, the safe guy...who wants to take the chance to buck the system for "safe," even if it is wrapped up in something so easy to look at?This book was fantastic!Eileen made me mad when she did something dumb. Proud when she did something smart. Crazy when didn't do what I wanted her to do. The story made me l... moreaugh and cry. There are characters that made me so angry that I was ready to kill them, but by the end of the book I pitied them.Isn't that the sign of a good book?!There were a few instances in the book where I would have like to see more, but only a few.Awesome! Awesome!
review 2: Falvey’s writing is at once heart rending and beautiful. Her descriptions clearly place the reader in the story with the O’Neill family. With historical figures to help cement the storyline in fact and discussions of daily life at the time, Falvey keeps the reader grounded in the story. When I was reading, I had a hard time pulling out of the story. I became immersed completely and fully in Eileen’s life and what would happen next.When I’m reading, I’m usually very quiet. My husband does whatever he’s working on and I sit quietly in my spot reading to myself. With this book, I shouted out loud a couple of times and wanted to shake this character. (I did at one point slam the book shut and take a walk around the room. What else can you do when you’re angry with a completely contrived character that you’re unable to advise or counsel!?) Like what happens so often in books (and in life) sometimes we can see the mistakes that a character is making and we wish that they wouldn’t! I felt that way about Eileen’s character.My husband, at one point was startled by my outburst and asked what on Earth I was doing and I told him that I was reading possibly one of the most frustrating romances I’d ever experienced. This book reminded me in some ways of Jane Austen’s writing (and you all know how I love Austen’s work!) when Austen’s characters were pushed one way or another not by their feelings, but by society’s restrictions. Though not as prim and proper as Austen’s work, Falvey’s writing does include some adult situations. I can say though, that they are well written and experienced as an everyday part of Eileen’s life rather than being glorified or over shadowing the characters and their journeys.Review copy provided by Center Street. less

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