Reviews

A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner

irishlassofcork's review against another edition

3.0

I received this as an ARC through Netgalley. 3.5 stars overall. First of all, I need to read summaries more thoroughly. I was totally expecting the WWII historical fiction part of this. The psychic turned ghost hunter turned sleuth-lite in modern day, was not expected. I find this is happening a lot in historical fiction as of late though, the modern mixing with the past. Some books successfully do it, some don't. I would say this book has it in the middle. Brette, the modern psychic, brings a level of light to the dark of the history. While I don't think she's the strongest protagonist, I did enjoy her trips to the Queen Mary and how her ability was portrayed. I think the best part of this story for me was the suspense of Annaliese's story. We don't know until the final act whether or not she survived and then learning how she survived, is actually sort of awesome. Most of the time when you have a French resistance fighter and the wife of a Nazi up against each other, revenge wins the argument. Not here. Overall, interesting, suspenseful and not entirely what I expected.

hirondelle2008's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

janiebee's review against another edition

4.0

This is my 9th Susan Meissner book. While it wasn't my very favorite one, I love that they are all historical fiction, split between the past and current day, and have a bit of a twist to them. She is similar to Kate Morton in that aspect.

kvincent904's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

jesswade2015's review against another edition

5.0

My new all time favorite book. Loved every minute of it.

krissy1's review against another edition

2.0

𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝔀𝓪𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻.



About the book: 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟔, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐲, 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐌𝐒 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤.
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 (“𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬”), 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.

Thoughts: 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦.

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ninasbooks57's review against another edition

5.0

This book grabbed me from the first page!! So awesome- I loved every page!

ashc123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

leannecoppola's review against another edition

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved the first third and the last third. The middle was all over the place. It was the least favorite of her other books that I have read.

rai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0