a_robin_reads's review
DNF
Recensie eerder verschenen op mijn blog:
Ik ben begonnen met De verloren familie van Jenna Blum. Ik heb dit boek via Bookchoice verkregen en luister het luisterboek.
Ik vind het niet echt een goed boek tot nu toe. Het begon heel vaag, ook al snap ik de keuze wel, en de schrijfstijl vind ik ook niet echt goed. Degene die het voorleest heeft niet een hele prettige stem, maar ook niet super vervelend, dus ga er wel mee door. Zou het nu denk ik 3 sterren geven.
DNF
Ik heb een stukje van het luisterboek geluisterd, maar vond het niet echt goed. Eigenlijk gewoon ontzettend saai. Toen heb ik een paar recensies van Goodreads bekeken en daar stond precies wat ik al vreesde: het bleef saai en het aspect van de verloren familie zat er nauwelijks in. Daarom ben ik er maar zo snel mogelijk mee gestopt.
Recensie eerder verschenen op mijn blog:
Ik ben begonnen met De verloren familie van Jenna Blum. Ik heb dit boek via Bookchoice verkregen en luister het luisterboek.
Ik vind het niet echt een goed boek tot nu toe. Het begon heel vaag, ook al snap ik de keuze wel, en de schrijfstijl vind ik ook niet echt goed. Degene die het voorleest heeft niet een hele prettige stem, maar ook niet super vervelend, dus ga er wel mee door. Zou het nu denk ik 3 sterren geven.
DNF
Ik heb een stukje van het luisterboek geluisterd, maar vond het niet echt goed. Eigenlijk gewoon ontzettend saai. Toen heb ik een paar recensies van Goodreads bekeken en daar stond precies wat ik al vreesde: het bleef saai en het aspect van de verloren familie zat er nauwelijks in. Daarom ben ik er maar zo snel mogelijk mee gestopt.
crystallyn's review
5.0
THE LOST FAMILY is definitely my favorite Jenna Blum book. Don't get me wrong, I loved her other novels, but this one really grabbed me. It was a fantastic combination of heart, family, food and dark history. Blum is a masterful writer and a master of character development. I cared deeply about the world of Peter Rashkin and June Bouquet and the ghosts of the past that held the family in thrall. It's a big book in its span of three decades and the historical research that Blum did to bring it to life is impeccable. It's a novel of immigrants, a novel for foodies, a novel of family, a novel of beauty and a novel of love and loss. A novel you should definitely add to your TBR list ASAP.
britishfictionfan's review
4.0
3.75 stars. I enjoyed this story of Peter Rashkin, Holocaust survivor & US immigrant. The story is told in 3 parts one in 1960's , part 2 in the 1970's and part 3 in the 1980's. Parts 1 and 2 evoked a NY of the past that was especially enjoyable and interesting to read about. Part 3 was much weaker and at times seemed tangential to the main story. There were a few anachronisms within the text that should have been caught by an editor, otherwise this would have been a solid 4 star book. Plenty for book groups to discuss here.
worldswirl's review
5.0
For the record, books don’t make me weepy but I nearly cried at the end of this one. That’s how good it was.
It’s a love story.. a love story between Peter.. his first family and Peter and his second family. The complicated love felt between family members. The “lost” family to me was both physical (first family) and mental (second family.)
I love historical fiction. I love historical fiction based in NYC. I love stories told from the perspective of different narrators. This book had all these things and more. Yes it’s 400 pages but I couldn’t put it down. I needed to know what happened in the future with Peter, June and Elsbeth.
I’ll definitely be recommending this to everyone!
It’s a love story.. a love story between Peter.. his first family and Peter and his second family. The complicated love felt between family members. The “lost” family to me was both physical (first family) and mental (second family.)
I love historical fiction. I love historical fiction based in NYC. I love stories told from the perspective of different narrators. This book had all these things and more. Yes it’s 400 pages but I couldn’t put it down. I needed to know what happened in the future with Peter, June and Elsbeth.
I’ll definitely be recommending this to everyone!
sherylk's review
5.0
I just learned that Blum lives in Boston, when I saw that she was speaking at our local library. I thought Those who Save Us was one of the best books I've ever read, and I was interested in reading another by her. It did not disappoint.
The story follows a young man, who comes to the U.S. escaping WWII, where he has lost his wife and twin daughters. When he meets a woman in the restaurant he runs (named Masha, for his first wife), he struggles with whether to live in the past, or to try and form a relationship with her. Told from different points of view, this book explored generational pain, and how the hope of recovery is slim, but strong.
Lovely.
The story follows a young man, who comes to the U.S. escaping WWII, where he has lost his wife and twin daughters. When he meets a woman in the restaurant he runs (named Masha, for his first wife), he struggles with whether to live in the past, or to try and form a relationship with her. Told from different points of view, this book explored generational pain, and how the hope of recovery is slim, but strong.
Lovely.
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