What Was Your Favorite Moment or Feature of this Novel? What Was the Worst?

Carolreads30 · Post by **Carolreads30** » 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.

AntonelaMaria · Post by **AntonelaMaria** » 31 Mar 2020, 08:05

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.

lol, well I get it hair is important to a lot of people. More often than not we all have that scary hair story.

LinaMueller · Post by **LinaMueller** » 31 Mar 2020, 18:09

Juliet+1 wrote: ↑12 Mar 2020, 12:35 My favorite aspect of this book was the way descriptions of Irish history, folklore, and places were woven throughout the story. One of my cousins visited "the old country" recently and he can't stop talking about it.

I agree one hundred percent. I want to visit Ireland, but COVID19 is a problem now.

cpru68 · Post by **cpru68** » 31 Mar 2020, 19:58

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.

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 · Post by **Carolreads30** » 01 Apr 2020, 08:10

cpru68 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2020, 11:28
Wyland wrote: ↑16 Mar 2020, 06:12 I liked best the historical descriptions of the monuments, religious artifacts, and various tragedies such as the great famine that has befallen the country.
Didn'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!

Yes, here descriptions were well written and taught her readers much about these things if they did not know.

Kevsona · Post by **Kevsona** » 05 Apr 2020, 13:20

I will provide the best answer when I complete reading the whole novel.

Sonasteve · Post by **Sonasteve** » 07 Apr 2020, 06:13

My favourite part of this story involves how Hillary begun uncovering the past details of her family and my worst is when people started dying as while Hillary was uncovering the details.

J_odoyo · Post by **J_odoyo** » 10 Apr 2020, 05:42

cpru68 wrote: ↑01 Mar 2020, 15:50
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
The 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.

Exactly! I also found the relationship between Hillary and her daughter, Claire, very refreshing and humourous sometimes.

FaithMO19 · Post by **FaithMO19** » 10 Apr 2020, 17:11

I read mainly because I want to be exposed to a different world and culture so I loved all the Ireland moments

VictorKE · Post by **VictorKE** » 24 Apr 2020, 00:15

Sincerely speaking,my favourite part of the book was the kind of relationship between Hillary and Claire. How I wish I had a such bond.

Sunday diamond · Post by **Sunday diamond** » 07 May 2020, 22:13

I've not been opportuned to read the book though

Ada Ling · Post by **Ada Ling** » 29 Jun 2020, 18:02

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!

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.

Anastasia Atkinson · Post by **Anastasia Atkinson** » 19 Jun 2022, 00:08

I enjoyed the character of Claire. Most stories that have a young character are seen and not heard. She is involved in the story a lot, adding a child's view to what's happening. It is absolutely amazing how June Gillam portrayed Claire as a real little girl and childish. She was probably my favorite book child, considering she wasn't just a problem to be a problem and acted like a child. She was my absolute favorite part of the book.