What Was Your Favorite Moment or Feature of this Novel? What Was the Worst?
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Re: What Was Your Favorite Moment or Feature of this Novel? What Was the Worst?
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lol, well I get it hair is important to a lot of people. More often than not we all have that scary hair story.Carolreads30 wrote: ↑29 Mar 2020, 09:13 As other readers have stated, some of the best moments in this book were the descriptions of the history of Ireland. I had no idea that the country had suffered starvation to the point of cannibalism. I also loved the relationship between Claire and Hillary. One of my worst moments of the book was when Claire got her hair stuck on the plane. As a mother with two daughters, this is a real situation. One of my daughters loves her hair as much as Claire does hers in the story, and my daughter is almost 30.
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I agree one hundred percent. I want to visit Ireland, but COVID19 is a problem now.
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I knew Ireland had its troubles, but I never knew the horrible extent of it. I’m with you on the hair situation! I actually got my hair caught in a fan when I was younger! So scary!!! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with me. I appreciate it.Carolreads30 wrote: ↑29 Mar 2020, 09:13 As other readers have stated, some of the best moments in this book were the descriptions of the history of Ireland. I had no idea that the country had suffered starvation to the point of cannibalism. I also loved the relationship between Claire and Hillary. One of my worst moments of the book was when Claire got her hair stuck on the plane. As a mother with two daughters, this is a real situation. One of my daughters loves her hair as much as Claire does hers in the story, and my daughter is almost 30.
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Yes, here descriptions were well written and taught her readers much about these things if they did not know.cpru68 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2020, 11:28Didn't she do a great job with that? I learned so much from reading a book that was supposedly fiction. That's the great part about reading..you just never know what you might find when you pick up a mystery novel! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. I appreciate it!
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Exactly! I also found the relationship between Hillary and her daughter, Claire, very refreshing and humourous sometimes.cpru68 wrote: ↑01 Mar 2020, 15:50The airplane scene and Claire’s hair incident was true to life. What parent hasn’t been in that situation? The mother/daughter relationship was a nice one to see. I appreciate you sharing what you liked the most.wendilou49 wrote: ↑01 Mar 2020, 15:20 My favourite part of the story was Hillary's relationship with claire. They are both so free and open, it's very refreshing
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Same here. The author described Ireland throughout this book. I thought this is a clear way! I also like the way Bridget said "No" to Seamus when he did the marriage proposal. I think the start of this book is kind of wordy and slow.B Creech wrote: ↑03 Mar 2020, 09:07 My favorite part was the descriptions of Ireland. I've always dreamed of going there and to Scotland as my ancestry is Scotch-Irish. The worst part for me was on the plane when Claire got her hair caught. I was so worried because I knew she would be devastated if they had to cut her hair to get it loose!
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