Reviews

East of Orleans by Renee' Irvin

ejordan24's review against another edition

5.0

I truly appreciate this complimentary signed copy of East of Orleans by Renee' Irvin that I received from the wonderful folks at Goodreads. What an entertaining read! I found this book difficult to put down as I followed the lives of two very different women in the deep south in the 1880's. Their lives become intertwined through the men they come to know. This novel has everything to make it a great read - love, lust, rape, greed, corruption, etc. Renee' takes the reader on a roller coaster ride full of twists and turns as the reader follows these memorable characters. I highly recommend this book to others who wish to have a unique glimpse into this time period. I definitely wish to read more books by Renee' Irvin.

katjabookdragon's review against another edition

1.0

There was a lot going on in this book, too much in my opinion. The story jumped around from character to character with no real grasp on the passing of time. In the space of a chapter the book would fast forward several years, but would never really say that, you had to do some serious inferring. I enjoyed the fact that the characters made their choices and then lived with the bad or the good consequences of each, but they never learned from their bad choices and continued to make the same mistakes. Several scenes seemed overly contrived and cliched, especially the courtroom scene at the end. I like to take away something positive about life from every book I read, and this one I just couldn't, all I took away was that you can make poor choices and eventually everyone else involved with die and then you can have what you want.