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A review by readwithciara
The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
4.0
The Night Journal is actually a good read, though slow-paced. The story revolves around a family trapped in the past with the lives of their older generation preserved through journals. Encountering series of entangled events, they came to unravel secrets and tragedies of the past.
"Everything we ever do in this life comes back to us in the end."
I was hooked from the very first page. The plot was interesting, and the characters realistic.
I was moved by the tragedies they went through especially at their age and the way they surpassed those by hardening their resolves. I've also read a lot about how poor parenting (or none of it) affects a child and it is really interesting how those children were able to get through life even with a lot of searching, scraping and craving for love and validation not only from their parents, but from themselves and other people as well.
It was sometimes frustrating how the story shifts to present when I'm deeply gripped by the story of the past and vise-versa.
"Everything we ever do in this life comes back to us in the end."
I was hooked from the very first page. The plot was interesting, and the characters realistic.
I was moved by the tragedies they went through especially at their age and the way they surpassed those by hardening their resolves. I've also read a lot about how poor parenting (or none of it) affects a child and it is really interesting how those children were able to get through life even with a lot of searching, scraping and craving for love and validation not only from their parents, but from themselves and other people as well.
It was sometimes frustrating how the story shifts to present when I'm deeply gripped by the story of the past and vise-versa.