A review by moiramorgan
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
4.0
I haven’t read any Jeffrey Archer books for a long time and really enjoyed Only Time will Tell. It was easy to read and the pace was fast.
The story spans the period from end of WW1 to the beginning of WW2 and is the story of the Cliftons – Maisie and her son Harry. Maisie Clifton is a working class mother who works hard and makes sacrifices to enable her son to have access to education and a better life, and Harry Clifton is a scholarship student and whose life takes a different direction when the story ends at the outbreak of WW2. The lives of the Cliftons are interlinked with an upper class family, the Barringtons and we learn more about the events which happened in the past and which link these 2 families as the story progresses. There are also a number of secondary characters who play a key part in providing opportunities for Harry.
The story is broken down into sections for each of the main characters - Harry, Maisie, Hugo, Giles and Emma Barrington and Old Jack Tar. Each section builds on the previous section but also includes additional information based on the events happening around each character. This is told initially in the first person and then changes to third person narration which really provides the reader with a full picture of events and in which the actions of the secondary characters become more apparent. This results in many twists & turns to the story and the story finishes with one final twist which of course has resulted in the 2nd book in the series.
Overall I did enjoy and have added the 2nd book in the series to my TBR list.
The story spans the period from end of WW1 to the beginning of WW2 and is the story of the Cliftons – Maisie and her son Harry. Maisie Clifton is a working class mother who works hard and makes sacrifices to enable her son to have access to education and a better life, and Harry Clifton is a scholarship student and whose life takes a different direction when the story ends at the outbreak of WW2. The lives of the Cliftons are interlinked with an upper class family, the Barringtons and we learn more about the events which happened in the past and which link these 2 families as the story progresses. There are also a number of secondary characters who play a key part in providing opportunities for Harry.
The story is broken down into sections for each of the main characters - Harry, Maisie, Hugo, Giles and Emma Barrington and Old Jack Tar. Each section builds on the previous section but also includes additional information based on the events happening around each character. This is told initially in the first person and then changes to third person narration which really provides the reader with a full picture of events and in which the actions of the secondary characters become more apparent. This results in many twists & turns to the story and the story finishes with one final twist which of course has resulted in the 2nd book in the series.
Overall I did enjoy and have added the 2nd book in the series to my TBR list.