Helpful Score: 2
The only thing I liked about this book was Simone and Annaleise, war brides on the Queen Mary going to meet their American husbands. I got to know them well, their miserable, wretched pasts they were escaping from and I felt their anguish and fear and cried with them.
I didn't relate to the other war bride Pheobe who befriended them; nor did I identify with Brette in present life. She had the "Sight", the ability to see ghosts, and she had no idea how to deal with it. IMO, the story would have been better off without this part of the story.
Knowing what happened to Simone and Annaleise was a twist you never saw coming and completely hit the bull's eye!
As for the ending, it was stupid and ridiculous.
I didn't relate to the other war bride Pheobe who befriended them; nor did I identify with Brette in present life. She had the "Sight", the ability to see ghosts, and she had no idea how to deal with it. IMO, the story would have been better off without this part of the story.
Knowing what happened to Simone and Annaleise was a twist you never saw coming and completely hit the bull's eye!
As for the ending, it was stupid and ridiculous.
The Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner follows a commonly used structure to tell the story in two time periods. A character and story exist in the the present. A character and story exist in the past. There is a link between the two. In alternating sections, the book tells both story, drawing them together into a conclusions. What does not really work in this book is the connection between past and present. In this story of two times, the story of the past clearly wins out in terms of characters and plot.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2017/03/a-bridge-across-ocean.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2017/03/a-bridge-across-ocean.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
