Shadows of Ladenbrook Manor by Melanie Dobson
•°o•:*:•.HEAVY SUBJECT MATTER .•:*:• o°•
I found this book extremely frustrating. The book jumps from the past to the present throughout the entire story. It’s in the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, and then present day with iPods and cell phones. Whenever it’s in the past, it clearly tells you the date, but in the present it never does.
The POV (point of view) switches back and forth from character to character:
Maggie / Walter / Libby / Heather / Mrs. Wescott / Christopher
When Christopher finally learns why his heart was broken, he says nothing and takes a phone call instead.
When Heather learns a huge secret, she says nothing and the story just switches to the past.
Both very unrealistic acts.
Additionally, the story is very heavy, involving THREE different times teenage girls give up their virginity to boys and suffer all the consequences that can come from that choice.
Although faith and forgiveness along with interesting detail about places and an autistic girl are also in the book, the story was so heavy with the rest of it, that I could not enjoy it. A good reminder for me to check the label for the publishing company first.
I did NOT enjoy this novel and do not recommend it.
© 2015 Howard Books, div of Simon & Schuster
336 pages
Read: 1/30&312018 - Reviewed: 2/2/2018
2 stars
I received a purchased copy from a friend. My opinion is my own for no compensation.
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