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booksillremember's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
What a brilliant idea - 40 slice-of-life vignettes, one for every year the Thames froze over. I enjoyed the variety of protagonists from priests to publicans, monarchs to workers, children to the elderly. Animals feature prominently in a few of the stories as well. An educational and well-researched read, which encouraged me to look up a few surprising historical events.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Terminal illness
eleanoremarie's review against another edition
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
dunder_mifflin's review against another edition
4.0
I wish we could do half stars because this is a 4.5! I absolutely loved this. What a wonderful collection of vignettes that truly capture the beauty and terror of the Frozen Thames.
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
This book blew me away. I had read the reviews before ordering for our libraries and thought it looked interesting. So I placed a hold on it. When it came - I was a bit surprised. It is small - looks like a children's book.
Good things come in small packages. This book contains 40 vignettes about the Thames when it froze. Since we can't really know what happend in the 1142, this is a work of fiction. However, Humphreys has done her research well and this reads like history.
This is a book to savor. Read one or two stories at a time. Think about what we know about history and all the possibilities of cold and ice.
The Thames will probably never freeze again. However Helen Humphries has made the river freezing seem like something we would like to experience.
I will be talking about this book for some time to come.
Good things come in small packages. This book contains 40 vignettes about the Thames when it froze. Since we can't really know what happend in the 1142, this is a work of fiction. However, Humphreys has done her research well and this reads like history.
This is a book to savor. Read one or two stories at a time. Think about what we know about history and all the possibilities of cold and ice.
The Thames will probably never freeze again. However Helen Humphries has made the river freezing seem like something we would like to experience.
I will be talking about this book for some time to come.
seifknits's review against another edition
3.0
Not the history I was expecting, but an interesting approach, nevertheless.
katcic's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this. Beautiful and atmospheric tales of otherworldly winters. All the stories revolve around the ice and echo each other but there is never any repetition.
northerly_heart_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25