Review: Amazing Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
A well researched novel, set in WW1 Scotland, clearly etching the attitudes of the era, the endless war, the trial and tribulations of the people of the era. Your emotions will be stirred. There were scenes when my hair literally stood on end. I found I couldn't let the book go. The pages just turned themselves. Four Florins is right up there with the five best books I've read this year, and I read quite a bit. But I also found there may have been a little too much to digest character-wise and, at times, I couldn't keep track of points of view and had to backtrack.I was ready for some solid conclusion "before" the last several chapters introduced an entirely new tangent, having to reread them to get a solid foothold on what was being revealed. As I was doing so, I was abruptly faced with "The End."  So while I was fascinated by the story, I am disturbed by being left hanging in a semi-confused state.As an aside, and this is meant as a solid compliment, I feel the mind of this author could create intriguing soap operas, where characters could more developed within all the plot twists and turns, and, incredible multiple coincidences, keeping her audience at the edge of their seats, awaiting the next segment.