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Nit (2011)

by Victoria Hislop(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Čarobna knjiga

review 1: Ever since reading the author's debut novel I've been hoping to recapture the magic of The Island and whilst better than her second novel, The Return, this, her third, is still by no means as good.Set in Thessaloniki, Greece, and spanning two world wars the crux of The Thread revolves around a young Anglo-Greek man who after hearing his grandparents story realises he has a decision to make.I'm afraid the whole novel just didn't work for me. With paper thin, cliched and inconsistent characters of which there were many, given the way its themes of immigration, civil war, occupation were narrated arguably it is more of a history essay (albeit thinly disguised as a novel) and yet because some of the events were so quickly dealt with it didn't even satisfy on this level.And whi... morelst someone who tends to use one hundred words when twenty will do myself you might well imagine that I wouldn't be overly disturbed by the over use of words but quite frankly I found the overkill of similes and metaphors, often inappropriately used, tiring. Copyright: Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper.
review 2: It is 1917 and Katerina, a small child, loses her mother in the crowds as the citizens of Thessaloniki, Greece, flee a massive fire. She is taken under the wing of another family and grows to become a skilled seamstress, a "modistra". During her contact with wealthy clients she re4news a childhood acquaintance and falls in love. The story unfolds against a backdrop of political and social upheaval. Christians, Muslims and Jews find their lives dislocated, yet friendships endure.Initially, I found this book a bit slow, but the pace picked up and my interest grew. I especially appreciated how the family storyline was intertwined with historic events. Previously, I knew little about how Greece had fared during the first and second world wars. This book satisfies on both the storyline and also the historic angles. less

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