This story had a lot of potential. The plot was fine, and the characters were fine. The problem was in the writing. It was like Hoffman had too much back story she had to introduce, but not enough time to introduce it naturally. So she kept just sticking it in, suddenly and without warning, wherever she needed it to advance the plot. Twig would suddenly "remember" something from the past, or she would go to the library, and even though most of the documents from that period in history she was looking for had been destroyed by a fire, the one document that gave all the details she wanted in a nice little package, just happened to survive the fire. Too many convenient coincidences. I shook my head and rolled my eyes over and over as I read this one. I am surprised that Hoffman has been a NY Times best seller before. Her other books must be better than this one.(199 p)
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
This story had a lot of potential. The plot was fine, and the characters were fine. The problem was in the writing. It was like Hoffman had too much back story she had to introduce, but not enough time to introduce it naturally. So she kept just sticking it in, suddenly and without warning, wherever she needed it to advance the plot. Twig would suddenly "remember" something from the past, or she would go to the library, and even though most of the documents from that period in history she was looking for had been destroyed by a fire, the one document that gave all the details she wanted in a nice little package, just happened to survive the fire. Too many convenient coincidences. I shook my head and rolled my eyes over and over as I read this one. I am surprised that Hoffman has been a NY Times best seller before. Her other books must be better than this one.(199 p)
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