Hi everyone,
Our July book, “The Light Between Oceans” was perceived as an enjoyable read by most of us and scored a 3.75 average rating from our group.
This book had a lot of moral dilemmas that echoed throughout the book and we discussed each of the characters in the book in depth. Tom was our morally but conflicted character that was torn by his guilty conscience in many events in the book ranging from not being killed in the war to keeping Lucy when she washed ashore. Tom was in love with Isabelle and went to great lengths to protect her. Isabelle was a wild spirit and she went through a lot of heartache with three miscarriages so once finding Lucy, Isabelle felt justified in keeping the baby and although a loving mother, she was overly obsessed with the child. Hannah was one of our least liked characters as she was not a very nice person in general and showed weak moral character in several scenes throughout the book. Isabelle’s parents and Hannah’s father, Septimus, were both loving, giving people that loved Lucy-Grace and we could all relate to them as people we would want in our own lives.
Emotions ranged through a large spectrum in the book from joy and love to anger, despair and sorrow. We liked the fact that there were only a few main characters and the ending of the book had good closure. It was a simple story line but the author’s writing style allowed us to visualize the settings, scenery and characters being portrayed. The consensus was this would be a good book to make a movie about. Our group did feel that a couple of parts in the book were a little redundant with an overemphasize on the “moral” aspects of the book as it related to Tom’s character.
A bit about the author – the book was written by Margot Stedman who was raised in Australia and now lives in London. Working in London as a lawyer in 1997, she had a “eureka moment” and decided to try creative writing so she quit her job and transitioned into writing. Margot sent this short story version of the book comprised of 15,000 words to an agent who told her it had the makings of a novel and she pursued her passion and expanded the book to a novel. This is her first novel.
Lastly, the quote of the year that all of us will remember from Lisa Fournier in regards to several of Tom’s actions is “I divorce my husband mentally once a month” – I am sure we can all relate to that.
Pat
Our July book, “The Light Between Oceans” was perceived as an enjoyable read by most of us and scored a 3.75 average rating from our group.
This book had a lot of moral dilemmas that echoed throughout the book and we discussed each of the characters in the book in depth. Tom was our morally but conflicted character that was torn by his guilty conscience in many events in the book ranging from not being killed in the war to keeping Lucy when she washed ashore. Tom was in love with Isabelle and went to great lengths to protect her. Isabelle was a wild spirit and she went through a lot of heartache with three miscarriages so once finding Lucy, Isabelle felt justified in keeping the baby and although a loving mother, she was overly obsessed with the child. Hannah was one of our least liked characters as she was not a very nice person in general and showed weak moral character in several scenes throughout the book. Isabelle’s parents and Hannah’s father, Septimus, were both loving, giving people that loved Lucy-Grace and we could all relate to them as people we would want in our own lives.
Emotions ranged through a large spectrum in the book from joy and love to anger, despair and sorrow. We liked the fact that there were only a few main characters and the ending of the book had good closure. It was a simple story line but the author’s writing style allowed us to visualize the settings, scenery and characters being portrayed. The consensus was this would be a good book to make a movie about. Our group did feel that a couple of parts in the book were a little redundant with an overemphasize on the “moral” aspects of the book as it related to Tom’s character.
A bit about the author – the book was written by Margot Stedman who was raised in Australia and now lives in London. Working in London as a lawyer in 1997, she had a “eureka moment” and decided to try creative writing so she quit her job and transitioned into writing. Margot sent this short story version of the book comprised of 15,000 words to an agent who told her it had the makings of a novel and she pursued her passion and expanded the book to a novel. This is her first novel.
Lastly, the quote of the year that all of us will remember from Lisa Fournier in regards to several of Tom’s actions is “I divorce my husband mentally once a month” – I am sure we can all relate to that.
Pat
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