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Lädt ... The Prospectors: A Novelvon Ariel Djanikian
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Mixed feelings on this book - it had some highly compelling moments, but I couldn't find a single character I liked or even found remotely relatable. Two intertwined timelines, separated by more than century, unfold in this book, one focused on the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s and one in the recent past about a family grappling with generational wealth. I wanted to like Alice, who journeys north in the Gold Rush to help care for her sister but dreams of a fortune for herself, but she kept manipulating her own family members and her own motivations felt flimsy. The more contemporary characters felt two-dimensional, and as much as I applaud the social justice sentiments of Anna, I lost sympathy for her when her grandfather died and she's still completely focused on his money and how he never really worked for it. Overall, this novel had the bones of a good story, but I think better characters might have made the book more relatable. ( ) The essence of a good book lies somewhere inside The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian, but it gets crushed under the weight of too many words. The book tells the fascinating true story of the Bush and Berry families who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush and uses Alice Bush — the plain, middle daughter — as the central figure. Djanikian’s writing moves from decent to good throughout the book, but it could easily lose 50-100 pages and be no worse for the telling as many parts grow redundant, preachy, and boring. Still, readers who enjoy historical fiction and family sagas may want to slog through the long parts for the interesting story of wealth, family, betrayal, and reparations. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival, greed, and injustice across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush, perfect for readers of The Luminaries and How Much of These Hills Is Gold. "Told in glimmering prose and rich with historical detail, The Prospectors immerses us in the Yukon Gold Rush so deeply, you can feel the grit on your hands."-Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts The middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. But when her elder sister's husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice finally seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike. What follows is an awakening of ambition for the quietly opportunistic Alice, who, by luck and circumstance, becomes tightly intertwined in her sister and brother-in-law's newfound fortune, as well as the beginning of a generations-long family quest for wealth that unfolds against the icy Canadian wilderness and the booming oilfields of California. One hundred years later, in 2015, Alice's great-great-granddaughter Anna must grapple with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation. Bringing the Klondike and turn-of-the-century California to vivid life, Ariel Djanikian weaves an ambitious narrative of claiming the American Dream and its rippling effects across generations. Sweeping and awe-inspiring, The Prospectors is an unforgettable story of family loyalties that interrogates the often-overlooked hostilities and inequities born during the Gold Rush era. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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