Book review time!
Night by Elie Wiesel
Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor & this is his true story of survival in a concentration camp. This is normally a book I would not read because stories like this affect me deeply & I am usually a sobbing mess (I am an empath. If you know, you know). This book was so sad & a huge reminder to #neverforget. I absolutely recommend everyone to read this.
Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie
I am participating in the book of the month challenge on Instagram for Agatha Christie books put on each month by her estate. This was the book for March.
A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd
This was the latest entry in this 1920’s Scotland Yard series featuring Detective Ian Rutledge. If you like your mysteries without the benefit of technology, check out this series!
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
I don’t even know where to start with this book. It. Was. So. Depressing. Don’t get me wrong, it was an excellently written book and well-researched. Hannah delved into the 1930’s depression and The Great Dust Bowl like no one’s business. But my goodness, the heartstrings were tugged and then some. This was my first book that I’ve read by this author so I am not sure if this is her M.O. or not in terms of just the mountains and mountains of despair. Good book but be forewarned, you’ll probably need some tissues handy.
That’s it from me! What did you read this month? 🙂
I liked Lord Edgware Dies but I am excited to re-read Roger Ackroyd this month since it is my current favorite Christie novel and I have not read it in years.
As for Night, I read that in high school and it is just amazing. So heartbreaking and tragic, but I think it is an important book for sure.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is sooooo good! I re-read it this month too 🙂 Have you seen the small screen version with David Suchet? He is brilliant as Poirot.
Night is definitely an important read.
Kristin Hannah’s books always make me ugly cry at least once. She is an excellent writer but I can’t do The Four Winds right now. Murder and mayhem (to an extent) but not sad, if that even makes sense. LOL! I’ve only read one Agatha Christie and really need to delve into her catalog a bit more because she is the Grand Dame of Mystery and mystery is my first love.
This was my first Kristen Hannah book and most likely my last. Don’t get me wrong, she is an excellent writer. But it is too much. The grief and despair start on page one and goes on and on for 400 pages with no let-up. No breathing room. I see why people read her books, but for me, it is one and done 🙂
I am dying to read The Four Winds b/c I loved The Nightingale so much. I’ll be prepared with a box of tissues.
Yes, be prepared! 🙂
I felt exactly the same way about The Four Winds. Just one gut punch after another. Night sounds like a book that I need to read.
Yes! It was so well-written but it was just all too much 🙂
Welp we already discussed Four Winds on Instagram. LOL
I keep meaning to check out that detective series.
Yup 🙂
It is really good!