Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Strangers at the Feast by Jennifer Vanderbes

Written from the varying perspectives of each of the dinner guests at a family Thanksgiving, the author gives information about the present and the past while dropping hints about the events that will transpire later in the novel. This was a good way to present the family issues and drama. I liked getting different perspectives about varying topics. Hinting was a creative way to introduce to the reader that something major would happen later in the novel. However, I found myself longing to be reading the ending instead of fully enjoying what I was reading. I felt it was very well written and done in a most efficient way. I think it may be an issue of personal preference, but I think had there been less outright hints, I would have enjoyed this book a little more.

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