The Giver of Stars By Jojo Moyes

 The Giver Of Stars by JoJo Moyes

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First, I love this story. It's A LOT of story at almost 14 hours. It never lulled or lagged though. There are a lot of moving parts and characters that blend very well together. At some junctures I just couldn't put it down. Alice and Marge are two characters that I think many women can find themselves relating to in spirit and self awareness, I know I did.

My number one expectation from a historical fiction book is that I learn something new of that time frame. An event, the treatment or process of something, cultural/social differences from that time to today's. While this book has had less of that than others that I've read, it still gave me new things to think about and research on my own.

NOW --

The flack this book has caught for being too similar to Book Woman is unfounded. The WPL was made up of women. The WPL was historically unwelcome in rural areas. For the purpose of a fictional story, a small town asshole would be the perfect antagonist. The same comparisons could be drawn in MANY of the books I've read that pertain to American slavery. It's repugnant to think that a whole group of people couldn't go through similar situations, albeit affected differently by them. I have read both books and I love both stories. Book Woman is a little more radical and Giver of Stars is a little more standard. Nothing wrong with either and both have a fantastic story to tell. 

Favorite Quotes:

“A certain kind of man looked at God’s own land, she thought, as she drew closer, and instead of beauty and wonder, all he saw was dollar signs.”

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, Women's, Adult