It felt to me like the story was made up as I read along
921349
It felt to me like the story was made up as I read along. I have read many Mail-Order Bride books and they are all predictable to a point, but it is the way they weave it into the story that makes it one more time an interesting read. This was way to predictable.
1065408
the only way i can describe the begining is that it seemed really spastic to me. it felt jumpy. once i caught onto the authors rythm of writing though i thought it was very fresh in how the story was delivered. the ideas and details kept me reading to the end.
4888602
I had trouble putting down the book.  I felt like I was watching everything unfold in front of me, not like I was reading.
3628170
Well written...I could almost feel like I was hiking up and down the mountains along with the characters.
1608428
Perhaps it is a sigh of old age but I had to start making notes as to who was who and what was what in order to keep some track of what was going on and even then there were flights into realms that made no sense. I found that I enjoyed it more when I went with the flow and got the feel at times rather than trying to totally understand everything.

Charles Leach
2710666
I felt like I was part of the story and was living the action with the main characters. The historic fiction book was filled with fighting, love, and greed.
1145344
I felt as if I were sitting beside the author himself and he were telling me this story about himself. I could not get lost in the story much because I kept thinking about the author. 8 scenes did catch and hold my attention.
4544189
What I loved about this book was that I was so pulled in that I felt like I was experiencing what Davy was experiencing.  The fear, the desperation, the tension between her and Caden, it was all very real.  I also liked that it didn't follow the typical story formula and seemed much more realistic because of it.  Davy was separated from her friends which made it her story and not a band of brothers kind of story.

This was one of those books that I couldn't stop thinking about when I wasn't reading it and really made me question myself and my own beliefs.  I feel like that is the sign of a truly remarkable story.
4000959
I was touched by the feeling of the sentence intended purpose!  the main characters worked welland softly with the other
145244
I love books that stir up my emotions. This was a story I got lost in from the first chapter. The characters and the story could've had more depth, but it was still well told.  What makes a book good for me is if I can forget about what's going on in the real world and feel like I'm living right alongside the characters I'm reading about. This one did that for me.
4720880
I honestly don't know how I feel about this story.

It's different. Told in a different tone that I'm used to. Told in a different way that I've ever read before. At times I felt like the story being told was fractured, but I couldn't stop reading to see how it ended up. It bounces around from present day to times during the past year or so.

It didn't read quickly. it took me much longer than normal to get through the book yet I couldn't make myself mark it as a DNF and it's stuck with me days after finishing...
4661054
The more I read the less I wanted to stop reading. Felt like a true story. The characters are so real, believable.  I believe we shouldn't judge without knowing all the facts. Sometimes we aren't privileged to know all the facts and then should not judge at all. Very few of the characters here really know all the facts but are willing to judge anyway.  Ham and Joe know all the facts but don't judge.  Aubrey doesn't understand what happened and judges from his teenaged viewpoint. Then gets clear and matures.  Great word usage.
2986374
It was very well written and was (I wouldn't say relatable) but it could place yourself in the story. When I did put it down, to go back to it, I thought it was a movie. It played so well with imagination that it felt like I was seeing it.
972483
WOW! Can't believe this is "fiction". I felt like this was so similar to my life! I kept asking my family if this was our story. Keep writing!!
431003
It was drawn in by the writing style, at once sere and lyrical. One never quite knows exactly what is happening until you've read a ways in and thus, the author created in me, as a reader, the experience that the main character was also going through. The boy Nuri, and I as a reader had to live forward through things in order to be able to piece them together once they had passed. A throughly enjoyable read for anyone not in the habit of likening to be hit over the head with a plot or "told" the inside scoop as a reader who must remain outside the story. I felt at once that I was both within the narrative and also had a kind of limits brides eye view from the perspective of being an adult seeing a child's perceptions and misconceptions of the world and adult behaviour.
2608061
I really like how real the story feels. I have to read this for an MBA class but it is an interesting read and i find myself reading ahead because I can't put it down. Maybe that make me a dork but hey whatever.
3767581
I found myself just reeled into the story.  It does well on it's own, though I know there is a sequel.  I will continue the story.

I also felt that the world was a little hard to grasp at first but when I got it, I was impressed and loving it!