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Laddar... Just Onceav Karen Kingsbury
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. "She fell asleep believing God had a plan in all this. Even now." What a story!! It's been a long time since I picked up one of Karen's books, so when I seen the cover this one up for review on Netgalley, I knew I had to read it! Irvel's back story didn’t disappoint- it was so wonderfully written, and yet heartbreaking in a couple parts due to the war that was going on then. Her friendship with brothers Hank and Sam was so sweet to read about. They just had the best of times together. I really liked reading about this time period too. The 40's was an interesting era, filled with both good and bad changes and events. The fashions were awesome, and so was the music!! (Such as the book's theme song, "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller.) There were however a few things I didn't care for, and some things that could be triggers for some people and wouldn't be good for young readers either. Things I didn't care for: A female that's engaged is talking to her fiancee and said: “I wanted to share my whole heart and soul with you. Before we share our bodies.” While what she's referring to and about is natural and normal, I felt this was put too bluntly. A guy is dating a girl and he brings her home to his parent's house to stay over the Thanksgiving break. While they were each in separate ends of the house and the guy meant well, this was a bad decision on both their parts and was compromising to their characters and reputations. Language: minimal- dangit and heck used 1× each. Triggers: bloodshed and loss of body parts during the battles of World War 2. While the majority of the story was great, if the negative content listed above was not included it would have been a 5 star read for sure. Thank you to the publisher Atria Books for the complimentary e-book I received to review through Netgalley. A positive review was not required of me and the thoughts above are my own. I really loved the premise, a WWII spy and a love story in one? I’m all in. The reality was disappointing. Within the first quarter of the book, the same river story was repeated three times, the spy bit was mentioned but not elaborated on, the love story is blah, and while there is a definite message being pushed here, I am no longer interested in how these characters fare. Such a great storyline was hung out to dry and I’m disappointed in the delivery. *I received an arc from the publisher through NetGalley for an honest review inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"In 1941, beautiful Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank, and Irvel has no idea how to break the news when the unthinkable happens-Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then a telegram comes, and the news is devastating. Hank enlists the next day and has just two weeks until he ships out. Will either brother make it home alive? Or will Irvel lose everything? And can lovefind a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?"-- Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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Just Once is a story with framework. The outer frame is Irvel and Hank recording their love story with a personal camcorder in 1989. Irvel has recently been diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer's. The couple wants to record their love story for each other--something to view together on good days and bad--and for their children, grandchildren, etc. These tape(s) become lost but are rediscovered by either a grandchild? a great-grandchild? The inner frame, the "main" story, the heart and soul of the novel, is a series of flashbacks. These flashbacks follow Irvel and Hank during the 1930s and 1940s.
This has a "Notebook" like feel to it, but it is so much better--in a way. Less drama/trauma. Less smut. I enjoyed Irvel and Hank in both timeframes. I did. They were delightful characters. The book is strongest when it it sharing the romance. The book is weakest, however, when sharing details about their work during the Second World War. Which is fine. No complaints that I didn't feel historically grounded in the war details. Some books you do, some books you don't. The romance was strong. ( )