Long and Winding Road in River Form!
This was a book recommended by another book group and was listed as a Sunday Times bestseller.
This story followed the analogy of the river. Long and winding with deep undercurrents pulling you in different directions. Lots of folklore, suspense and romance in a carefully plotted, Chinese whisper, type story involving believable characters with firm ethics and principals making it an enjoyable read.
A young girl is dragged from the river and taken to the local pub thought to be dead. She miraculously survives and so the story begins, who is she, why was she in the river, why does she not speak, where did she come from, has she come back from the dead, so many unanswered questions and so many answers brewing up from the cider laden clientele. You are then carried along, rather too slowly at times, on a journey of interwoven stories of romance, hardship, prejudice, disbelief and some good old science to boot.
A word of caution! High levels of concentration are required in the early stages as the characters are introduced thick and fast and are a bit difficult to follow at times. The stories all meander like the river and some take a long time to come together, definitely not a holiday read.
The writing got mixed reviews, some found it tedious and annoying whilst others found it clever and unique. It was odd that a time zone wasn’t obvious although there were horses and trains so you can give an educated guess.
Still in a renewed lockdown our outing was curtailed. Zoom wasn’t very appealing so we decided to plod on to the next read.
Hopefully, an easy, light read for us all to enjoy. Join us for our review very soon.
Monday 12 October 202
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