dkchristi Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8594 Registration date : 2008-12-29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Ghost Orchid reviewed by Al Stevens at Amazon.com Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:13 pm | |
| My thanks to Al Stevens for his very thoughtful review! Reviewer: Al Stevens "musician"This review is from: Ghost Orchid (Paperback)
I started to read this book several times. Other matters would take me away from it, and by the time I'd return, I'd need to start again. Finally, I told myself to sit still and give it a chance. I was rewarded by that decision with the gift of a well-crafted story about a woman I think I must have known if only in my youthful fantasies. While this is not the sort of fiction I usually read, its title, however, pulled me in and drew me to the book. When I realized that a lot of the story is set in the Everglades, I was hooked. (He said with illogically sequenced metaphors.) I want to say that this is a romance book, but I'm not sure. The characters are fascinating, the plot compelling, and the narrative descriptions of nature are exquisite and accurate. The story is not only about romance and beautiful people being involved with one another, however, although that does play a part. It is more about the mystery of the elusive flower for which the book is named, and the subtle suggestion that the orchid itself somehow channels the love known in life by the ghost of a character and draws together, as if by the will of the orchid, the people she loved. Once into it, I didn't want it to end. I predict the same for most of you and suggest you give it a try. |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Ghost Orchid reviewed by Al Stevens at Amazon.com Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:40 pm | |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ghost Orchid reviewed by Al Stevens at Amazon.com Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:46 am | |
| Well-written review for a well-written book.
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Ghost Orchid reviewed by Al Stevens at Amazon.com Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:58 am | |
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