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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated Little Sacrifices in Books

Apr 29, 2021  
Little Sacrifices
Little Sacrifices
Jamie Scott | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Little Sacrifices was a mixture of good and bad. The prose was generally well constructed, precise and authentic.

However, I found the plot lines disjointed and scatty. They didn't seem to be woven together very well, more like levered in to suit the whims of the author.

I was initially attracted to the book by the civil rights themes but found it mainly a book about teenage issues. On this basis I think this is more suited to a young adult audience.
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Lost Diary of M in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
The Lost Diary of M
The Lost Diary of M
Paul Wolfe | 2020
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The premise of this book was to invent or create a diary written by Mary Pinchot, a woman who was apparently one of JFK's lovers, whose murder is unsolved to this day. Wolfe is a marvelous writer, and his prose is beautiful. However, I'm not sure that he carried it off completely. Find out what I liked and didn't like in my #bookreview of this novel on my blog here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/02/21/a-sheepish-pseudo-autobiography/