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I am a former librarian and a voracious reader.
Varina -- I should have loved it
VARINA by Charles Frazier
The person is eminently interesting – the wife of the Confederate President. The era is interesting – the decades before, during, and after the American Civil War. The episodes are fascinating – a Southern white woman raising an enslaved child as her own: the escape of fugitives in a devastated land: the marriage of a 17 year old to a 40 year old.
So why didn’t I like it? The episodes are just that – episodes that jump from decade to decade with no cohesion. The story is not a story – there is no plot. The tempo and pacing are erratic at best.
BUT… the writng is wonderful. The conclusions are insightful. The characters are real and well presented. YOU might like it. I didn’t.
3 of 5 stars
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