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A review by sarahnibhriomhar
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
4.0
I found the first chapter a bit slow moving (though that may be down to my own personal distaste for fiction with a modern day setting), but once the book arrives in 1940s India I found it difficult to put down! I could almost imagine myself actually in India easily visualising the houseboats, the ice covered lake, and the Vale of Kashmir. I thought the writing was wonderfully descriptive!
I fell in love with Nerys from her very first chapter. I loved her quiet confidence, her strength, and her love for a husband who could be a bit inattentive. I thought her storyline was most interesting, and even found that I was silently rooting for her when she began her affair with Rainer, purely out of wanting to see her happy.
The close friendship between Nerys, Myrtle and Caroline was also a nice addition to the novel, and all three characters were brilliantly written, I thought.
This has joined the list of my favourite historical fiction novels, and it's made me eager to read more books from Rosie Thomas!
I fell in love with Nerys from her very first chapter. I loved her quiet confidence, her strength, and her love for a husband who could be a bit inattentive. I thought her storyline was most interesting, and even found that I was silently rooting for her when she began her affair with Rainer, purely out of wanting to see her happy.
The close friendship between Nerys, Myrtle and Caroline was also a nice addition to the novel, and all three characters were brilliantly written, I thought.
This has joined the list of my favourite historical fiction novels, and it's made me eager to read more books from Rosie Thomas!