Book Review: One More River to Cross
One More River To Cross
by Jane Kirkpatrick
In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey--until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa.
When the party separates in three directions, each risks losing those they loved and faces the prospect of learning that adversity can destroy or redefine. Two women and four men go overland around Lake Tahoe, three men stay to guard the heaviest wagons--and the rest of the party, including eight women and seventeen children, huddle in a makeshift cabin at the headwaters of the Yuba River waiting for rescue . . . or their deaths.
Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick plunges you deep into a landscape of challenge where fear and courage go hand in hand for a story of friendship, family, and hope that will remind you of what truly matters in times of trial.
This book seemed really interesting and I was really looking forward to reading it. But it was kind of disappointing. It was really hard to get interested in it. It seemed like at the beginning of the novel, you were just thrown into the action and I had no idea what was going on. In each chapter there were like about five scenes but each scene was only a couple paragraphs long, which made it seem like you were just jumping around the story. Also, in just the first two chapters, you are introduced to like twenty new characters, which was really confusing. One thing I did love about this book was the cover. It looked really interesting and mysterious, not to mention cold! :) Anyway, sometime in the future I'll try to read this book again and hopefully it will be easier to get through it, but this time it was not.
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
by Jane Kirkpatrick
In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey--until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa.When the party separates in three directions, each risks losing those they loved and faces the prospect of learning that adversity can destroy or redefine. Two women and four men go overland around Lake Tahoe, three men stay to guard the heaviest wagons--and the rest of the party, including eight women and seventeen children, huddle in a makeshift cabin at the headwaters of the Yuba River waiting for rescue . . . or their deaths.
Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick plunges you deep into a landscape of challenge where fear and courage go hand in hand for a story of friendship, family, and hope that will remind you of what truly matters in times of trial.
This book seemed really interesting and I was really looking forward to reading it. But it was kind of disappointing. It was really hard to get interested in it. It seemed like at the beginning of the novel, you were just thrown into the action and I had no idea what was going on. In each chapter there were like about five scenes but each scene was only a couple paragraphs long, which made it seem like you were just jumping around the story. Also, in just the first two chapters, you are introduced to like twenty new characters, which was really confusing. One thing I did love about this book was the cover. It looked really interesting and mysterious, not to mention cold! :) Anyway, sometime in the future I'll try to read this book again and hopefully it will be easier to get through it, but this time it was not.
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
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