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Last Night At The Blue Angel: A Novel (2014)

by Rebecca Rotert(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062315285 (ISBN13: 9780062315281)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: This was a very intriguing read. The writing was luminous, the characters were complicated and yet simple enough to sympathize with (especially the young protagonist!), but in terms of a plot, it was different. Not in a bad way, just in a way that means you're reading for the characters' personal stories to develop, and that's it. This is one I read in the evenings when it was quiet out--atmospheric and with a literary bend to it. The end got to me, and I'm glad. I felt sad when I finished because it--the experience--was over.
review 2: Read this book, people! One of the few 5 star books I've read this year. And I'm not just saying that because the author is an amazing woman who I happened to have the good fortune of going to college with back in the day. I'... morem a big fan of historical fiction and this novel does not disappoint in that regard. The big issues of the 1960's -- racism, segregation, Vietnam, the destruction of historically significant architecture in the name of "progress" are all woven into the story line. The characters -- Naomi and Sophia -- share a mother/daughter relationship fraught with love and loss that rivals the best (and worst) stories of mother/daughter relationships. The ten year old narrator's voice of Sophia, reminds me of the precocious young narrator, Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird. Sophia sees and observes far more than she should at her young age and is truly wise beyond her years because of it. A worthy read for a summer afternoon. less

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