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The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes

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hiltzmoore's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to love this book. The premise of this historical fiction novel really intrigued me, and knowing the author's storytelling ability, I was expecting this to be a winner. The history didn't fail to impress, and I thought the story of how 600 Australian brides made their journey to England on a returning Aircraft Carrier was fascinating. You could tell, however, that this was an early Moyes work, as the story just didn't pull together all that well. Thank goodness for the well researched historical parts.

tahnee's review against another edition

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4.0

Such a beautiful post-war story, I really do enjoy JJM but as usual there are about 100pages too many than are necessary to tell the story.

charliena's review against another edition

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2.0

Story was OK but I feel like Moyes didn't explore all that was there. She setup a lot of things but didn't follow through which have left me with a feeling of emptiness? I would have liked to know about other characters in more detail.

tamara_mousa's review against another edition

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5.0

In The Ship of Brides, Jojo Moyes beautifully narrated the story of 600 Australian brides traveling to England in summer 1946 to meet their British husbands who served in WWII. This is based on the tale of the HMS Victorious, the aircraft carrier that carried 700 brides across the world. This story is about the brides' sacrifices, bullying and judging others, giving second chances, being there for mates, losing loved ones, and having a new beginning. This book also showed that women weren't allowed to forget their past, and were judged for any improper behavior or staining their reputation (like Jean) but not men. The story also highlighted that some of the marines didn't see that these Aussie women left their home and loved ones, and traveled so far based on a promise from a man they married, who might turn them down or give them up or not even show-up.
There is a complete summary in my blog: www.tamarayousefmousa.com

cosmosbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved it!

Ich war gegen Ende ein bisschen unsicher, ob das Buch 4 oder 5 Sterne bekommen soll, weil es ein bisschen anstrengend zu lesen war - 500 Seiten sind schon recht viele, es gab so viele verschiedene Storylines und Charaktere. Aber nach dem Epilog war ich dann sicher, dass es 5 Sterne sind. So ein schönes Ende!

Ich stelle in letzter Zeit fest, dass ich historische Fiction wirklich sehr gerne mag. Ich habe bisher tatsächlich nicht gewusst, dass es solche Schiffe gab, die Ehefrauen von Soldaten nach dem 2. WK zu ihren Männern transportiert haben. Man lernt nie aus I guess.

Die Charaktere waren SO toll! Alle so individuell und besonders auf ihre Art. Das fehlt mir bei den meisten anderen Büchern.

Zwischendrin ging mein Lesefluss ein bisschen schleppend voran, aber ich finde, das passt auch irgendwie zu einer 6-wöchigen, eintönigen Schiffsreise haha.

Ich kann das Buch wirklich sehr empfehlen.