Welcome to my book blog created 2012 of books I read and review. I exhausted space on my other blog, Pat's Posts. Better to separate my readings from my writings. Eventually I will display my entire library here. I am in the process of moving some reviews from the other blog here as well. The design of this blog has been a work in progress, slowly, bear with me...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Charleston by John Jakes
I appreciate historical fiction but I cannot believe that perhaps in my early 20's I might have enjoyed reading this book. I have matured considerably in my readings. I picked this up for 50 cents at a book sale, with my renewed interest in Civil War era, and continued interest in the history of Charleston. Well, it does have history for the less curious reader, at several times the author recites a litany of historical events by way of introducing a chapter or event in the book. It is the saga attempt about the fictitious Bell family and follows them from the American Revolution through the years after the Civil War. I cannot believe I continued to slog through all 524 insipid pages, likely I kept expecting surely something will improve. It reads like a mix of Danielle Steel and or other prolific modern writers who churn out books that sell well. There are hosts of characters and some are more interesting than others, but over all there were no surprises about outcomes to any of the personal tragedies, trials and triumphs. It was a very fast read for me but I will not entertain myself again with this author who is popular from his high sales. I give this 2 ** and that is generous, I'm not awarding half stars.
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