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Mary A. (Lake Nebagamon, WI)
Expectations
This book conveys family members interacting with each other. The story is also about finding the truth and expectations. Georgie has no specific expectations of the results of the families trip to Missing Lake, Wisconsin. A trip to know the truth of her mother's death. Georgies son Nicolas is very negative and expects the worst.
Interestingly, the Georgie's father was a Lithuanian immigrant acclimating to this country, but his heart is still back with his parents during the Nazi war.
At times, I became distracted by the disjointed sentences and paragraphs that did not flow. Maybe this is the authors writing style. Thomas, Georgies grandson, was my favorite character. He lives in his own world, writes in his journal his version of life and the truth of his great grandmothers death.
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Sylvia G. (Scottsdale, AZ)
No more news please
The beginning of this novel was not particularly promising. I found it confusing, many names, varying tone, attempts at quirkiness that didn't fit the story or the characters. It did improve a bit as the mystery at the center of the book became more central, but I felt it wasn't up to the standards of other books I've read by Shreve. Ultimately just ok.
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Eliana S. (Biltmore Lake, NC)
I loved it till the end
There are many elements to this story, but the emphasis is really on a daughter's journey to find answers to her mother's murder many years ago. The daughter, Georgianna, is a well developed, likable character. I found her story interesting from the very beginning. I especially enjoyed her relationship with Thomas, her young grandson. I thought all the characters were well developed, the story is interesting, and the writing is a pleasure to read. I loved this book, until the end. I went back and read the last part to make sure I had not missed anything. This can be a great read for book clubs. As far as I'm concerned there are lots of things to discuss.
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Jane H. (Prospect, KY)
More News Tomorrow
I found the writing and storyline in this book to be average....but not exciting or memorable. Characters lived predictably. I probably agreed a little with Nicholas that the whole trip was ill conceived and unnecessary.
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Beth B. (New Wilmington, PA)
More News Tomorrow: Re-enactment of Pandora's Box
Frequently disjointed, Susan Shreve's novel, More News Tomorrow, was difficult to follow. Redeeming qualities were the prose that often popped and the wisdom expressed by Georgianna and Thomas about memory and fear and truth. Mother and grandmother, Georgianna plans a trip with her family to hopefully discover the backstory of her mother's murder. Memorable characters, Roosevelt in particular, add spark to the quest. Off to a slow start with rapid shifts between the past and present, the novel began to light up close to one-third of the way in. The years portrayed (2008 and 1941) touch on bigotry and wartime events but not substantially enough to make an impact.
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Veronica J. (Wenham, MA)
Over the Top
If you like your books to have a plethora of characters, and many plot lines, this is the book for you. If you want characters that are fleshed out and relatable, this is not the book for you. So many issues dabbled with; immigrant, Jew, Black, mental illness, murder, love affairs, Barack Obama. Home for the Incurables? Botswana? Where was the editor? This was a struggle to get through.
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Sally H. (Geneva, OH)
More News Tomorrow...
...Except that there wasn't any more news, and if the reader is waiting to find out what further information Georgie's father had for her, he or she will be disappointed. The book is disjointed, the premise unbelievable (Georgie has been at loose ends for her entire life because of her family and childhood, but she does nothing about it until she receives a post card from Roosevelt, about whom she immediately begins to fantasize). The characters are unsympathetic and unrealistic, with the possible exception of Thomas. I wanted to finish the book to find the answer to the mystery, but it wasn't worth it. This was a disappointing read.
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