This novel was loved by all members of the
book club so it was not surprising to see that it was voted
our number one read for the year. This was a most gripping and
engrossing novel full of well-crafted complexities and many
unexpected twists and turns. The reader rapidly finds
themselves hooked in and becomes emotionally invested in the
characters. Gillian Flynn is a brilliant writer and the group
felt that this novel represents the epitome of a literary
crime/thriller novel. It is also one of Jennifer Byrnes top
picks from the First Tuesday Book Club.
This novel was also universally loved by
all members of our book club. It is a debut novel by author
M.L. Stedman, and is a very well-crafted piece of literature,
which explores what happens to good people who make bad
decisions. It is a very complex and morally riveting story,
which provides a great insight into the psyche of a childless
woman and the great desperation which she feels. It is a
heartbreaking story which will tear you apart as you grapple
with the notions of right and wrong and love and loyalty.
Our book club thought this was an
exceptional novel and is an epic in both scope and content. It
has several stories running concurrently, with one set in the
twenty-first century and the other in WWII, however, both are
intertwined. We all appreciated the extraordinary amount of
research Perlman undertook into WWII history and we felt that
we had learned a great deal, such as details about the
Sonderkommando uprising at Auschwitz, which none of us had
ever heard of before reading this novel. It wasn’t an easy
read, with many complexities requiring a great deal of
concentration, however, it was well worth the effort.
- Linda
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