Overall rating and opinion of "House of Eire" by June Gillam
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Re: Overall rating and opinion of "House of Eire" by June Gillam
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My main issue with giving it four stars is that I think it was expressly written for a North American/never visited Ireland market. Some of the touring around Ireland is nice enough, it just felt the author had maybe been on holiday for two weeks and was cramming that into the novel, and that contributed to some of the clunkiness in the plot.
I thought the set-up itself was good, the mother/daughter and the Irish American themes were well represented, and it would make a good murder mystery show for TV.
Gillam's writing is much stronger on subjects I assume she is more familiar with e.g. U.S. locations in this case. I really enjoyed the opening chapters and she expressed herself much more poetically and confidently here.
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I find I want to give a lot of books 2.5!
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I was most captivated by the images the author painted of Irish landmarks and the way she was able to depict the struggles of historical significance. The book left me wanting to research to understand more about the Great Famine and the plight of the Irish that often gets overshadowed by four-leaf clovers and leprechauns.
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I have the same feeling about this book. It is a slow start and I feel the author put too much at the beginning. I also like Claire the little girl who is just like a little sunshine.Mounce574 wrote: ↑05 Mar 2020, 01:18 I liked the book but it was a bit of a struggle to read due to the slow start. Claire definitely brought a bit of light to the darkness of the overall story. I have read the other books in the series but I found that each book is capable of being a standalone novel.