Review: Very enjoyable read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
This book was given to me to review and I really enjoyed reading it. It is written in journal form, with short chapters and a lot of information and events crammed in to it. The writer of the diary had a very difficult childhood which colours her thoughts and behaviour in adulthood.The pace of the book is good with numerous changes in direction in the plot. It is written well and the sexual content is handled tastefully. It touches on some serious issues such as child abuse, racial hatred, vigilantes, infidelity and family secrets. The description of the practice of having black staff sit and dine with you, but still have them as servants was typically condescending and authentic of the era.There are a few gems of use of language i.e. 'Peter snores like a rumbling freight train' (location 104), and, '..a serpent of loneliness that pierces my heart with its fangs' (location1502) very expressive!Unfortunately a few of the characters were a bit too good and noble to be true, i.e. Owen and Solomon, but the secret nature of the diary and the ever changing life story kept me reading to the end.