Ok--so I finished reading "Finishing Becca" this week-end. I had looked forward to this for several days so it was nice to have a little while to complete it. I was really disappointed in the last half of the book. The first part of the book was spent in developing the chief antagonist--Peggy Shippen. The character development was well done. The relationship between Miss Shippen and Andre was fully developed but when it switched to Benedict Arnold, much was left out and/or left to the imagination. The saving grace was that through an extensive author's note, we learned that Peggy is credited with the actual turning of Benedict Arnold. How she went about that is given very little attention in the story. There were a lot of "how" questions that were unanswered as I came to the end of the story.
The writing style and the "voice" of the story was enjoyable and it was easy to read but I probably wouldn't read it again.
CCB
Monday, March 15, 2010
Finishing Becca
Ok--so I finished reading "Finishing Becca" this week-end. I had looked forward to this for several days so it was nice to have a little while to complete it. I was really disappointed in the last half of the book. The first part of the book was spent in developing the chief antagonist--Peggy Shippen. The character development was well done. The relationship between Miss Shippen and Andre was fully developed but when it switched to Benedict Arnold, much was left out and/or left to the imagination. The saving grace was that through an extensive author's note, we learned that Peggy is credited with the actual turning of Benedict Arnold. How she went about that is given very little attention in the story. There were a lot of "how" questions that were unanswered as I came to the end of the story.
The writing style and the "voice" of the story was enjoyable and it was easy to read but I probably wouldn't read it again.
CCB
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