Okay, I thought I wanted to read this series. I'll give Mr. Woolley points for writing an excellent novel on one of the things that "mormons" know like the back of our hand and making it interesting. I looked and looked for this one at the library for about ten minutes. I was glad I found it so quickly, and in the process found several other books that I really wanted to read.... I only wish that it had been an easier read!! I am wondering what "space" I am in right now because this book just wasn't that terribly interesting for me. Maybe I'm just not into this time period, or not into Woolley's style of writing: descriptive, wordy, and L O N G. But then I KNOW I love historical novels.... Maybe I'll pick it up again. My mother-in-law has the second book, that I checked out and just could NOT get into. At 200 pages in I was still bored stiff. I'd rather go read my scriptures. There are SO many characters (that did and did not exist in reality) and I had a hard time tracking them all down and kept flipping to the front of the book to the character sketches which I am very grateful were there!!!
So I don't have much GOOD to say about this series. Granted, I'm not very much into that part of my life right now. I seriously need laughs and entertainment (I'm on very light duty/near bed rest for my pregnancy). I'm sure, absolutely positively sure, that this series could be good. I have one question for David G. Woolley: Was this as painful to write as it was for me to read? It felt like I was PULLING the story, the very words out of the pages, and it took great effort on my part. I can only imagine how hard this was to write... though I have heard that "the words flowed onto the pages" for Mr. Woolley.
By the way, David G. Woolley is part of an incredible blog that you have to check out. And he's involved in some great hobbies and other activities. He's a GOOD man. And I do hope that one day I can read his series. And as far as book reviews go, I know this isn't my best written. But I had to get it out. So I can move on! Terry Prachett's The Color of Magic is next, and so far it is very colorful and very Terry!! READ ON!!!
