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Review Date: 9/26/2012
Helpful Score: 1
This book was rich with character development. The author is adept at bringing the reader into the story. I felt the emotions that the characters were experiencing and was transformed into the island setting! I couldn't put the book down.
Review Date: 9/22/2011
Enjoyed the book . . .couldn't put it down. Didn't know about this awful period in French history . . taking place in a city I love! It is haunting but I wasn't impressed with the writer's style. Just felt something was missing.
Review Date: 4/17/2012
Helpful Score: 2
My first time reading a Daphne du Maurier (even though I have a degree in ENglish!). Her writing style and descriptive technique and character development that was sufficient without being over done. Because I speak French, and have visited the French countryside where this took place, I could easily relate to the setting and characters. However, fellow book club members had a more difficult time understanding the characters.
Review Date: 9/22/2011
Helpful Score: 1
It was a fabulous and well-written accounting of Chinese immigrants' struggles in their new homeland.
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