Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “This is one of my all-time favorite books. As a matter-of-fact, it's been years since I've read it and have to do so again. Intense, heart-wrenching, infinitely readable & characters that will live with you long after you've closed the back cover.”

  Jill B wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “I bought this book in hardcover and then avoided reading it for a long time: it seemed too long, too depressing, too familiar in its tale of abuse. And then one day I picked it up and started reading. I barely stopped, devouring the book in three-day readathon with short breaks for food, water and sleep! MacDonald's complex characters, poetic language and gripping historical tale is a pleasure. Yes, it deals with some tough subjects and themes--but boy, is the ride ever worth it.”

  KimP wrote this review Thursday, February 15 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “I've read thousands of books over the years and I'd have to say this is in my top 5. Predicated on the authors love of secrets its a page turner that will leave you drop jawed at the end. ”

  Cydney M wrote this review Monday, October 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Set in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton, this is a saga of a family - the good and much of the bad. Very vivid pictures of the time and place.”

  Shirley F wrote this review Saturday, October 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Very strange and depressing as I find most of the Oprah books. The troden woman, the abuse from men! ”

  Mrs E wrote this review Wednesday, October 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 2 stars

  “I thought this book was kind of garbage. It took me the entire summer to get through it. Maybe I didn't understand all the themes and layers well enough to appreciate it but all in all I just plain did not appreciate the story.”

  Nat wrote this review Wednesday, September 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Sad, sad and more sad. Don't read unless you want to read a sad story. It was good writing, and characterization, but man, sad.”

  vanessa r wrote this review Sunday, September 21 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Awful!! Tried to get into this book so many times. It's just terrible.”

  Rena K wrote this review Tuesday, September 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Forget Oprah, this is a Canadian classic. It's a big complex book about family and sexuality and what comes from the past and tastes like the molasses cookies my grandma used to make. I read it all in one day by a fire, wrapped up in her blanket.”

  Carolina C wrote this review Monday, September 1 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I read this book in university for an English course and I remember having to put it down every so often because it was literally painful to read. It left me feeling almost sorrowful when I put it down, and yet somehow I couldn't help picking it back up again.”

  Jamie E wrote this review Tuesday, August 26 2008. ( reply | permalink )