Mary Coin by Marisa Silver narrated by, Eva Kaminsky, Alison
Fraser, Mark Sisler
Received from: Audiobookjukebox & Penguin Audio
When I first heard of this book I thought it was going to be
right up my alley because I have always loved old photographs and we all know
this amazing photograph and I love reading about the 30’s , but it turned out a
bit more boring than I thought it would be, I was expecting a deeper story of
these two very different women and what their lives were like and it would have
been a better book if it had only been about the 2 women; I did not understand the
inclusion of Walker Dodge’s storyline until the very end of the book and by
then I didn’t really care about him or his story. I felt this storyline took
away from getting to know more about Vera. Or maybe we needed less Vera and
more about Mary Coin and her family. Not sure something was just off with the
way these stories flowed together.
There are parts I liked, I think Mary Coin was a much more
interesting character than Vera, who was so self centered, well maybe I should
say career orientated, when she is an old woman and she is taking pictures of
her son and he looks at her and says it’s too late for that now mom which was a
huge ah-ha moment into her life because we don’t get to actually see much of
her life in between taking the photo and when she is elderly. I felt we didn’t
really get to know Vera as much as we should have and more about the impact of
this photo on her life we get a skimming of information about Vera’s life but
not very in depth. Mary Coin however we learn about her life and how it was
tough but her children turned out well even though she was still the woman in
that picture with the heartbreak in her eyes. I wish this had been more, a meatier
story, maybe, it just felt like we skimmed the surface of these women and wish
there had been more about them and more about the time. Most books about the
depression and this time in history it is like the time period is a character and
I didn’t get that in this book.
I did enjoy these three new to me narrators Eva Kaminsky, Alison
Fraser, Mark Sisler, they all did a good job with their respective characters the
women had to sound young and aged and both pulled it off successfully, Mark has
a nice voice he reminded me a bit of Kirby Heybourne I enjoyed his pacing and
timbre of his voice. I would listen to any/all of these narrators again.
Alright I didn’t hate this book there are parts I liked but
wished for a meatier story. Maybe if Walker’s story hadn’t felt so separate
from the others if the connections had been made sooner maybe I would have
liked his story more. This isn’t a bad book but don’t expect an epic story
about woman during the depression because you won’t get it. Not bad just not as
good as I was expecting. I liked Mary’s story and if the book had concentrated
on her I think it would have been better.
3 Stars
I received this book from the Audiobookjukebox and Penguin
Audio for a fair and honest review.
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