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Liked It “In "The Heat of the Sun," David Rain suggests what happened to the offspring of Madame Buttefly and Pinkerton, as well as the child of Sharpless, the counsel. The result is an entertaining if sometimes overly melodramatic and familiar chronicle of the 20th century, from boarding school to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “The first half of this book was SLIGHTLY interesting -- the second half was so bad I skimmed the pages. Terrible!” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“In "The Heat of the Sun," David Rain suggests what happened to the offspring of Madame Buttefly and Pinkerton, as well as the child of Sharpless, the counsel. The result is an entertaining if sometimes overly melodramatic and familiar chronicle of the 20th century, from boarding school to bohemian Greenwich Village to Japan to the halls of power. Trouble Pinkerton is trouble indeed, particularly to Sharpless; their lives intertwine, often to Sharpless' expense. The two show up at some of the pivotal moments of American history, but we're not really talking about historical realism here -- this is opera in novel form, with big emotions, big revelations and big characters. I enjoyed it even while some of the gears showed. ”
RichLec wrote this review Tuesday, March 5, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“History-based fiction with no clear lines of "truth" versus "fiction," so one cannot judge how valid any of the information in the text is. The story itself was okay and presentation of the setting interested me, but I would have liked the novel better if it had not been presented with "real" characters.”
Judy F wrote this review Thursday, February 7, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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