As this was McCullough's final novel before her death, one has to wonder if her health impacted her writing. This was an interesting era in Australian history to read about but the book as a whole just felt a bit higgledy piggledy. I did enjoy reading about each of the sisters though Grace was by far the least interesting.
I didn't hate any of the characters all that much apart from Charles, he was an utter goose from the beginning. I think that each of the four girls would have been better developed if they had gotten to be the sole focus of their own novels.
But I'll qualify that by saying that I rarely read Australian books and I even more rarely read Australian literature.įull of stereotypes and cliches, I honestly felt like McCullough was checking boxes off the "What to include in your period lit novel" list.
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