The Woodsman's Daughter

This book had a good storyline behind it but the writing wasn't consistent.It would grab your interest then lose it . I think it kept dropping the storyline so it was difficult to keep focused .It did have a glimpse into societal values in that time period.......more

I tried to read this, I really did. I got about half way through and kept looking at the pile of books I still want to read, and couldn't waste another day on this one!......more

A thoroughly engrossing novel set in Southern Georgia in the late nineteenth-century, Ms. Rubio delivers a complex and captivating saga. With well-drawn characters, tragic events and drama, Ms. Rubio shows a deep understanding of the power, conflicts and conditions that threaten our lives as women a......more

I really liked the first half of The Woodsman's Daughter. Dalia is young and strong willed, I understood everything she did, it everything seemed to jive. She loved her father but after being let down so many times she had to turn away from him. She loved her sister but understood that she was manip......more

This book was a slog to get through. It started out extremely slow and was in desperate need of a plot. As it went on, I went from disliking the main character, to hating her and wanting to slap her. She behaves completely irrationally and doesn't take any responsibility for her actions. She's a des......more