Nancee I. (honorgrace) - , reviewed on 8/25/2009 + 10 more book reviews

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I enjoyed this book - with a few reservations-all of which I'm sure are my own pickiness:
I felt there was inconsistency of idiom,a greater need for suspension of disbelief than I like to find in a story of this nature- I found the younger sister particularly disjointed in the jumping around between adult behaviour & attitude far above that of a 9 yr. old (her amorality seemed particularly egregious and out of place to me-- again my personal pickiness). I also figured out the villans and relationships in the first third of the book and then had to wade along longer than my boredom level was happy with waiting for my conclusions to appear on the page-- which they finally did in the last few chapters.And admittedly that is a problem of mine which makes most mystery/who-done-it books nearly impossible for me to thoroughly enjoy these days--age & cynicism at work...
All that aside, however, this IS a good story and one which did a good job of stirring memories of my own childhood in the Midwest of the 1950's with nostalgic descriptions of music,clothing,furniture, the sounds of a summer night and its accompaniment of fireflies and fragrance. And the well-observed 10yr. olds experience of the physical and emotional sensations during a pivotal summer of her life. And for the most part the characters are engaging (& sometimes endearing)It's a good, quick read that can make you smile with recognition and satisfaction. Recommended.

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