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A review by maggiestraveledbookshelf
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
REVIEW โฌ๏ธ
๐ The Giver of Stars
โ๐ผ Jojo Moyes
โ๏ธ Historical Fiction
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ซ | 4.5
Spice: ๐ถ๏ธ
"๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ ๐ฎ, ๐๐ช๐? ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ก. ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐."
I went into this book without knowing what it was about, and WOW - I sincerely loved it!!
Overview:
โขDepression-Era America
โขHorseback Librarian Program
โขSmall Town Living
โขWomen Empowerment
โขImportance of Books & Friendship
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
First of all, I tend to LOVE stories based on true events - and learning about the WPA Pack Horse Library Project championed by Eleanor Roosevelt was a treat.
We meet a group of women who become librarians via horseback, and they are all incredible humans - and Iโll let you find out more about them. But safe to say, I loved this cast of characters.
โ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐๐ก๐ก, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฉ.โ
One of the shining points of this story is the forging of female friendships. It can be so hard to make connections, especially in unfamiliar places and with people seemingly so different, so it felt so hopeful to watch these women overcome obstacles together.
โโฆ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐. ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ, ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐.โ
The writing style was immersive and atmospheric. The author clearly did her research, and she was able to depict this era and these complex characters with visceral prose. I appreciate writing that is beautiful without being pretentious.
โ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐... ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข. ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง."
This is one of those books where I feel unable to capture all of the wonderful themes and moments: It touches on racism, classism, misogyny, and so much more. The importance of literacy and stories is woven into every chapter.
Simply put: This book is a wonderful tribute to how books can impact lives exponentially.
I obviously recommend this book to anyone who wants a wonderful historical read with empowering characters.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ:
โ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ.โ
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Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death