A review by marcopoloreads
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
3.0
Cold Sassy Tree is a book that takes place in a town called Cold Sassy in the early 1900s. Our main character Will Tweety is caught off guard when his grandfather E. Rucker Blakeslee has decided to get remarried to Love Simpson three weeks after the death of his wife. Will somehow finds himself getting sucked into the drama of their marriage, and is unsure of what to do.
I was surprised by the relationship between E. Rucker Blakeslee and Love Simpson, it was a really sweet romance and I liked seeing the relationship through Wills point of view. The drama to it all was really entertaining, and I also enjoyed the family relationships in this book and seeing it change over time.
This book starts to fall apart once it starts to go on about religion. If you're a religious person who enjoys some familial drama and are looking for a book that takes place in the 1900s south, then this is the book for you. If not, get ready to be really bored by the constant talk of religion. This book goes on and on about religion, especially near the end, and if I didn't listen to this on audio I would have DNF'ed it.
I think this would be a fun book for people who enjoyed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, just be wary that the book drags at times.
I was surprised by the relationship between E. Rucker Blakeslee and Love Simpson, it was a really sweet romance and I liked seeing the relationship through Wills point of view. The drama to it all was really entertaining, and I also enjoyed the family relationships in this book and seeing it change over time.
This book starts to fall apart once it starts to go on about religion. If you're a religious person who enjoys some familial drama and are looking for a book that takes place in the 1900s south, then this is the book for you. If not, get ready to be really bored by the constant talk of religion. This book goes on and on about religion, especially near the end, and if I didn't listen to this on audio I would have DNF'ed it.
I think this would be a fun book for people who enjoyed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, just be wary that the book drags at times.