The writing, however, is beautiful and the story is haunting. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a dark and sad book, exploring relationships and trust
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey depicts the harsh life in the Alaskan frontier, but also the an homage to the enormous and stunning wilderness
The City and Its Uncertain Walls has an intriguing concept, I don’t think it is too original but once you get into it the narrative starts making sense
The Measure by Nikki Erlick has a great premise, but I was not too fond of the execution. The characters are boring, the situations are forced
The Axeman’s Carnival tackles serious issues, however the story often is funny. Tama, the bird narrator, just interprets and does not judge
The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of this talented author.
I found the book quite boring in the beginning, but the story got better when the narrative was moved from San Francisco to Chile
This book is fully of excitement and adventure, happiness and tragedy. The narrative flows and is very well plotted. There are many characters
I enjoyed immensely half of The Little Village of Book Lovers which talked about the small village and didn’t really care for the spiritual part
In Inés of My Soul, author Isabel Allende captured her spirit, and also told of the foundation of Chile in a fascinating and entertaining manner