Helpful Score: 5
Awesome book. Brings some light to the mysterious disease of leprosy. Made me want to do more research, and I was never interested in it previously. Also good to read about some Greek customs & the dawning of industrial revolution. Good family saga. Brief but not shortened. Mildly predictable, but only towards the end. Still, fun to read.
Helpful Score: 3
This was an amazing story that I would recommend to anyone to read. Learning about Leprosy and about the life that is still being lived in Greece....the island and the people come to life and you will not believe how you become part of the drama!
Helpful Score: 3
Great read, really made me want to go visit Greece. Informative about the disease of lepresy, and the love stories were wonderful.
Helpful Score: 3
I don't usually read romances and this was a bit of one, in that it dealt so heavily with emotional changes in its characters. But it was still interesting to read about the leper colony. A good beach read.
Helpful Score: 2
This was a very moving and poignant book about family and adversity. I liked interactions of the characters and how Alexis learns about her mother's family and why her mother Sofia never talked about them until now.