Elizabeth Iola Loveless
Autore di I Saw the Elephant
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Milk Before Meat di Elizabeth Iola Loveless
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.The insight on how it might be to live, as a non-Mormon, in the Mormon world was very interesting, and my favorite part of the storyline. While I was reading, I hoped these forays into this group's history, and their current day goings-on, were accurate, but I did not investigate to confirm because the story was enjoyable just as it was - feeling like part history/part exposé, wrapped up in an older YA storyline.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
Told by Betsy Loveless who is launched forward in time, I Saw the Elephant is a charming story about a teenaged girl trying to navigate a time so much different from her own. Betsy herself is a likable character who is just trying to understand the world around her, but when faced with a reminder of her past, she struggles. What follows was a pleasure to read.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing .
13 year old Betsy Loveless is mysteriously flung forward in time from the mid 19th Century to the present day and is taken in by her descendants.
The book is set out as a diary of young Betsy’s adventures as she tries to fit in with all of the modern technology and language when she is enrolled in the local school.
I found the book very easy to read and it was nice to have something that wasn’t full of plot twists and turns – just a witty commentary on a soul over 150 years out of her time. Don’t get me wrong, it has plenty of surprises along the way and was a joy to read.
At the beginning of the book is a list of translations of unfamiliar words that Betsy uses throughout the book and I envisaged that I’d be flipping back and forth to look thing up – but this was not the case. The language is so well written that you instinctively know exactly what Betsy means and that’s no flap-doodle.
The book is split in half with the first part dealing with Betsy’s integration into modern life and the second with her dealings with the local Mormons.
My only previous knowledge of Mormons is that they all live in Utah (not true) and The Osmonds are their most famous followers (probably true).
Without any spoilers, this book has made me want to read more on the Mormons and also the Oregon Trail (I’m from the UK so this is not something that crops up in history class) so I can decide for myself if the portrayal in the book is accurate (I’m sure it is as the author has clearly done a fair bit of research).
Although perfectly self-contained the story ends on a hook to continue Betsy’s adventures so hopefully they’ll be a sequel at some point.… (altro)
The book is set out as a diary of young Betsy’s adventures as she tries to fit in with all of the modern technology and language when she is enrolled in the local school.
I found the book very easy to read and it was nice to have something that wasn’t full of plot twists and turns – just a witty commentary on a soul over 150 years out of her time. Don’t get me wrong, it has plenty of surprises along the way and was a joy to read.
At the beginning of the book is a list of translations of unfamiliar words that Betsy uses throughout the book and I envisaged that I’d be flipping back and forth to look thing up – but this was not the case. The language is so well written that you instinctively know exactly what Betsy means and that’s no flap-doodle.
The book is split in half with the first part dealing with Betsy’s integration into modern life and the second with her dealings with the local Mormons.
My only previous knowledge of Mormons is that they all live in Utah (not true) and The Osmonds are their most famous followers (probably true).
Without any spoilers, this book has made me want to read more on the Mormons and also the Oregon Trail (I’m from the UK so this is not something that crops up in history class) so I can decide for myself if the portrayal in the book is accurate (I’m sure it is as the author has clearly done a fair bit of research).
Although perfectly self-contained the story ends on a hook to continue Betsy’s adventures so hopefully they’ll be a sequel at some point.… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 8
- Popolarità
- #1,038,911
- Voto
- 4.4
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 3
