Advantages: Gripping, Informative, Easy To Read Disadvantages: Slow To Start
...her books and am in the shop as soon as the new one is released. So after reading Overheard in a Dream and loving it I decided I would definitely buy her second novel "The Sunflower Forest."
I had high expectations as I always do with Hayden's work, however after reading the first 3 chapters of this novel I was disappointed that it wasn't matching up to its predecessor and thus I wasn't really feeling very involved in the book. By that I mean I ... ...really indulge in the scenarios being portrayed. This worried me and I feared I wouldn't get into the book enough to enjoy the content.
However my fears were brushed away as I read on. The Sunflower Forest though slow to start really lured me in and got me hooked. By the 6th chapter I had fallen for the plot hook line and sinker and was so engrossed that once again I was reading a book I couldn't put down (much to my boyfriends disgust).
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carysb 12.01.2009
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Advantages: A good read Disadvantages: Couldn't put it down
...know more and believing in the characters of the novel. This book was like that, so a pleasant discovery whilst trying to find out a little more about this author was that there is another page to add to the ending of this book at http://www.torey-hayden.com, the author's website, though I could have read more even after the 460 pages of the book. Torey Hayden has written a number of books based on her work as a psychologist and special needs teacher, ... ...is an interesting read from the start. It tells the story of 17 year old Lesley and is set mainly in Kansas. Far from being a novel where the heroine grapples with more familiar American coming of age rites such as the Prom and graduation, Lesley is set to find out the most extraordinary, in the true sense of the word, things about her mother, Mara, and this will take her on an emotional and physical journey as the past is unravelled. Mara, her mother's, ...
azana 14.05.2009
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