Thomas H. Cook
292 pages
Reason for Reading- Book Awards Challenge, Edgar Award Winner
Henry Griswald is a moody, solitary boy whose father is the Headmaster of Chatham School. He dreams of life beyond his existence in the village of Chatham but has no idea that his life and the lives of those around him will be irrevocably changed by the events that take place in Chatham and at Black Pond in 1927.
I had some difficulty getting into this book. I am not exactly sure why. I enjoyed the author's writing style and I loved how the details of the story are handed out slowly making you want to learn just a little more. I can only attribute it to the fact that I am in a mid-winter funk. I am very glad I persevered though because I did enjoy it in the end.
There is a tragic air to this story that lets you know that a train wreck is inevitable. The reader can see that a chain of events is unfolding and wishes for the ability to alter circumstances for the characters and though things didn't unfold the way I thought they would, the ending is tragic just the same. This book turned out to be much better than I felt it would be at the beginning. (3.5/5)
Friday, February 8, 2008
The Chatham School Affair
Posted by Amy at 8:59 PM
Labels: Agatha/Anthony/Edgar Project, Book Awards Challenge, Book Reviews
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5 comments:
This is an author who I have heard great things about and plan to read one of these days (like so many others, right?). I am glad this one turned out to be good. I'll have to keep my eye out for it.
Sorry you didn't enjoy this one more. I'm still going to give it a try...some day.
I loved this book - was the first of his books I read. He hasn't disappointed me yet :)
I added this one to my TBR as it sounds worthwhile. Sorry you've been in a funk lately, I'm just getting over one myself.
I gave you an award on my blog.
I just finished this book last night. I agree with your assessment of it. At first I was thinking of giving it a rating of 3/5 but then I realized I couldn't put it down and just HAD to finish it before supper last night. I realized then I liked it more than a "3"! :-) I did skim at parts, mainly because I was impatient to find out more. I gave it a 4/5.
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