I enjoy the Kingsbridge series because of the history and details of how they used to build tremendous buildings without power tools or sophisticated computers
The plot, while historically interesting, goes on irrelevant side stories. The ending is just OK, very strange, and, I thought, unsatisfying.
I hated the author’s passive-aggressive agenda. It just rubbed me the wrong way and seemed hell-bent on incorporating it into his book
Through the eyes of Frankie, we get to a moving experience, told with honesty and conviction about the struggles of women veterans
This book is a fantastic account of a terrifying event that very few know about. I was on the edge of my seat till the end … & I knew how it was going to end
I thought this book was very well researched, the author stayed within the rigid historical timeline while telling a fictional story
The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of this talented author.
1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation
I fully realized I was being manipulated, and yet I couldn’t stop reading. The historical detail paired with engaging characters made the novel appealing
I found the book quite boring in the beginning, but the story got better when the narrative was moved from San Francisco to Chile