I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I listed more than one Throwback book every week. Now, I have reached the ones I posted ten years ago and will probalby just post one every month. These are my reviews from November 2015.
Fowler, Christopher "Hell Train" - 2011
The story is interesting, even though I wouldn't normally pick one of these. The characters, four people who happen to meet in a train, are well described, each and every one of them comes alive well. I did like the folk tales people were telling each other about the train, stories they had heard as children and lived with all their lives.
Gaskell, Elizabeth "North and South" - 1854/55
Gaskell, Elizabeth "North and South" - 1854/55
In this novel, we hear the story of Margaret Hale whose father leaves the ministry because he has doubts about his belief. They move from the South of England to a place in the North, from a village to a town, a lot of things change for Margaret Hale.
Haven't read either of these.
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised, Lark. If I hadn't been asked by a friend, I probably would not have read Hell Train, either. And North and South is an English classic but probably not that much known outside of the UK.
DeleteI've read Cranford by Gaskell, and seen a couple of TV mini series of some of her other books, but have never tackled any of her longer novels....yet. :D
DeleteI've watched Cranford and rather liked it, definitely also due to all the great British actors. North and South is also a nice mini-series.
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