Helpful Score: 2
The "lost friends" of The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate is a historical reference to loved ones and friends lost to slavery. This quiet book pulls me and does not let go even after the last page. I turn the page looking for more of what happens to Hannie. Most of all, I appreciate this book for the sad history it introduces me to. The challenge and struggle of that history continue on.
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Reviewed for NetGalley.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/03/the-book-of-lost-friends.html
Reviewed for NetGalley.
Melissa B. (dragoneyes) - , reviewed The Book of Lost Friends (Large Print) on + 836 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Enjoyable story that goes between two main characters set in different time periods. We alternate between the story of Hannie Gossett set in 1875 and Benny Silva set in 1987. Both stories were interesting to read but Hannie's was so much more. I flew through her chapters but not so much on Benny's. We didn't have the suspense and action that was set in Hannie's stories and also a lot of times in Benny's chapters, she would wander off on a tangent and it would tend to bore me. Most of the time it didn't seem necessary to do that but she did it often. Other than that, it was a good story to tell and even better one to learn about.
The past and present - this book highlights the ties between them and it brought home to me that our time on this earth is short but the decisions we make and the relationships we form will live on. We die once and and we are buried but we die a final time when the last person says our name. Powerful words.