Sherry S. (SherryKaraoke) - , reviewed on 2/6/2011 + 36 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Despite some anachronisms and a surprisingly slow start, Swan House finally delivers a very moving ending. The audience for this book would seem to be Young Adult and/or Atlantans. Musser's style is rather pedestrian unless she is writing about Christian values. Then the book comes to life. And I wish authors would stop using the tired conceit of "bookending" the story with older person (mother, Grandpa, etc.) telling the story to young person. This the third novel I've read in the last six months that include it, and each one had real problems with the "voice" - is it the old person's or their younger counterpart?

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