mono_vox (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mono_vox) wrote,@ 2007-06-02 08:40:00 |
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50 books in 1 year - # 25
I read Tondeur's second book last year and loved her thoroughness when it comes to detail - whether it be character traits or surroundings, she conjures up a very real picture, and characters you actually care about.
In this, her debut novel, she starts in the present day with the story of Rice, a successful photographer, who was once orphaned teenager who went to live in a Bournemouth hotel with her mum's estranged friend Beatrice, her mother Maggie and her daughter Esther.
It is a love story, one that takes twists and turns from the present to the past and back again, telling each of the women's stories; first an abridged version, then more in depth, and from different perspectives - this includes Persephone, who returns each year from Hades to keep an eye on the people of the hotel.
The stories of each character are simple but intriguing and I defy anyone to read this and not try to red quicker so you can find out what's going to happen.
I adored her romantic descriptions of being by the sea, and those of the strange world of the hotel, and maybe the only thing that irked a little was that when any minor (male) characters came in, they were flawed beyond redemption, something which totally doesn’t apply to the main (female) characters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book though, so go seek it out!
I read Tondeur's second book last year and loved her thoroughness when it comes to detail - whether it be character traits or surroundings, she conjures up a very real picture, and characters you actually care about.
In this, her debut novel, she starts in the present day with the story of Rice, a successful photographer, who was once orphaned teenager who went to live in a Bournemouth hotel with her mum's estranged friend Beatrice, her mother Maggie and her daughter Esther.
It is a love story, one that takes twists and turns from the present to the past and back again, telling each of the women's stories; first an abridged version, then more in depth, and from different perspectives - this includes Persephone, who returns each year from Hades to keep an eye on the people of the hotel.
The stories of each character are simple but intriguing and I defy anyone to read this and not try to red quicker so you can find out what's going to happen.
I adored her romantic descriptions of being by the sea, and those of the strange world of the hotel, and maybe the only thing that irked a little was that when any minor (male) characters came in, they were flawed beyond redemption, something which totally doesn’t apply to the main (female) characters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book though, so go seek it out!
