The Gnome King reviewed Sound Mirror by Heidi James
Review of 'Sound Mirror' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Heidi James has produced a spectacular exploration of three generations of one family and how past events and shame can pass down to future family members. It was rather eye-opening for me being a man discovering just how much mothers and daughters go through during their life and how much their outcome can be changed by one decision going against them, the changes that Ada goes through are incredibly drastic. The book has scenes that were heart-breaking and others that dazzled they were so full of love.
The writing is poetic at times and the characters feel so real, it has been a while since I’ve read a book containing such vivid characters and whilst there are three different storylines I was constantly thinking back to what had happened and what could possibly happen next to them. There was a real love/hate relationship with the characters too, whilst life was …
Heidi James has produced a spectacular exploration of three generations of one family and how past events and shame can pass down to future family members. It was rather eye-opening for me being a man discovering just how much mothers and daughters go through during their life and how much their outcome can be changed by one decision going against them, the changes that Ada goes through are incredibly drastic. The book has scenes that were heart-breaking and others that dazzled they were so full of love.
The writing is poetic at times and the characters feel so real, it has been a while since I’ve read a book containing such vivid characters and whilst there are three different storylines I was constantly thinking back to what had happened and what could possibly happen next to them. There was a real love/hate relationship with the characters too, whilst life was throwing them a bad ‘un you really felt for them but when it was them being the cause of stress you felt like picking them up by their lapels and giving them a good telling them off. The plot was intriguing, for a lot of the book I wasn’t sure how it was going to play out and how the characters were related, when things were revealed you couldn’t fault the choices made.
I have really enjoyed this, following the lives of these three women during three very different time periods was fantastic, how James managed to juggle them and make the changes between chapters feel seamless boggles my mind. The first book I’ve read by Heidi James and it has left me craving more of her books.
Blog review: felcherman.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/the-sound-mirror-by-heidi-james/
