#ThrowbackThursday. June 2011 Part 3

I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews from the third week of June 2011.

Collins, Wilkie "The Moonstone" - 1868

This is said to be the first detective language in English, a classic epistolary novel, and this is an outstanding one. His "multi-narration" method, the way all the different characters tell their part of the story, just fascinating.

Collins, Wilkie "The Woman in White" - 1859

Wilkie Collins is telling the story in so many voices, having it told in an "I" version throughout and still giving us the best view of every scene. I also loved the story itself, the characters, they really came to life. I could just imagine the way they looked like. The description of both the characters as well as the countryside etc. was just great.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor "The Gambler" (Russian: Igrok - Игрок) - 1866

Apparently, Dostoevsky wrote this book simultaneously with "Crime and Punishment" as he was suffering from gambling compulsion.
If you like Russian authors, this author is a definite must.

Kingsolver, Barbara "The Bean Trees" - 1988

Barbara Kingsolver's first novel. Quite an interesting plot about a girl who ends up with a baby that is just left to her. But a lot of other people appear in the novel, abused women and children, illegal immigrants, people who help and people who don't.

Lamb, Wally "I know this much is true" - 1998

My first novel by this author. One of many. This is a very moving book, wonderful and awful at the same time. It's incredible how much a person can bear if they have to.

Lippi, Rosina "Homestead" - 1998

The story of the women of a small village in the Austrian mountains. The story of several generations of women trying to live their lives.

Read my original reviews, for the links click on the titles.