A La Lueur D'une étoile Distante (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Nellie and her family live in a small town and are having financial problems. They have a rental to help ends meet and one of the tenants is murdered. Nellie is in the house at the time with her grandfather's hired handyman who is working in the basement. That is the bare bones of the story without spoiling what happens. But honestly there isn't much to spoil. Nellie is the main character and the story is slow getting started, gets a bit of a punch when the murder happens and then sputters into a slow drag. I was so disappointed at the end of the book. Notice I said end of the book, not ending. After reading through all of the boring details of Nellie's daily happenings after the murder, the book just runs out of words.I had read a review where someone had compared Nellie to Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. Possibly that is what the author is tryna (the most repetitive word in the book) do, but she is far from accomplishing that.I wish half of the words could be taken out and an actual ending provided. There is a story in there somewhere. This was a very long, drawn out book about a 13 year old busy body. Nellie was always eavesdropping or watching someone secretly. When caught she would get in trouble, but it didn't stop her. There was a murder in the story, but the focus on Nellie's bad habits seemed to make the murder less important. Yes, her eavesdropping and spying may have led them to the real killer, but we'll never know. I was disappointed with the end because several loose ends were not tied up. What happened to Max? What about the twins? Did Nellie's family have to file bankruptcy? Did Ruth ever meet her father? There were several sub-stories going on that seemed to fall away towards the end instead of being resolved and the ending seemed very abrupt. I would not read this again.
What do You think about A La Lueur D'une étoile Distante (2011)?
I may have given this a 3 1/2. The story was really fascinating, but it was drawn out way to much.
—Ashnic
Picked up today and actually have it on me real shelf. :-)
—Sony
