Sunday, February 17, 2013

Big Stone Gap

I haven't written on any of my blogs for a while, but I found an old journal I started before I went digital, so I'm going to transfer some of my entries.  I finished this first book, Big Stone Gap, by Adriana Trigiani, in July of 2008.


This book and its sequels were recommended to me by Marcy because she and her sister loved them.  It took me a while to start them but I brought them to Maine and read them in the tent.  :)  The writing was very good and kept me interested in what was going to happen to the characters, even though I thought the main character, Ave Maria, was seriously neurotic.  I guess I just don't identify with women like her - wishy washy and lacking in self confidence, but still opinionated and judgmental of others.

Iva Lou was a great character and I think Jack Mac deserved better.  The good thing about the character development is that you really got into the lives of the secondary characters as well.  Sometimes I wanted to skip chapters so I could follow the story line of the previous chapter.  I liked the characters enough that I started the next book right away.

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