Review: A rich historical fiction...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Set in 1950s, At the end of the line, is a tale of two different women from different states of America connected by a phone call, which was supposed to be a wrong number. We traverse through fourteen years of their lives and their diverse environment- problems, desires and expectations from their world.The dialogues are vibrant and adequately fit to the pertaining era. The book successfully caters the subject of racial inequality and nicely captures the briefs of history- something which is very enlightening to people not much aware of American History. I always feel this is the toughest genre to get along because one has to create a story, in the shades of existing facts. But readers would be pleased to see, how easily authors did it. That certainly shows a lot of research been done. Their hard work really paid off as in ATEOTL, readers get an engaging book.On a personal note, I liked parts of Adeline’s life. I was moved by the dilemma she faced and the decisions she made in her life. For me the story was a bit supple and ended on a sappy note and left me with the feeling, there should be something more to it. The chapters of Hattie Jean pops out abruptly in between, but were well settled by the end. The book cover could do better with a little improvisation.Final Words: This book is pretty revealing, rich in dialogues as well as in description and easily connects the readers to the characters. If you are looking for a good historical plus social plus political American drama... then this one is for you. My rating is four (point) something which, I gladly round to five.