The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in Every one's Choice

Dec 04, 2008 Kellie rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2008-reads, fiction-literature

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Cast of Characters:

From the Guernsey Island:
Dawsey Adams-Finds the book with Juliet's name on it and initiates the first letter. Likes Charles Lamb. Asks Juliet to help him find a copy. Friends with the soldier who father's Elisabeth's baby (Christian Hellman).
Mrs. Amelia Maugary-the lady that invited everyone to roast the pig
Isola Pribby-She liked the Bronte Sisters.
Eben Ramsey-Read Shakespeare. Liked the quote "The bright day is done, and we are all for the dark." His daughter and baby died in Cast of Characters:

From the Guernsey Island:
Dawsey Adams-Finds the book with Juliet's name on it and initiates the first letter. Likes Charles Lamb. Asks Juliet to help him find a copy. Friends with the soldier who father's Elisabeth's baby (Christian Hellman).
Mrs. Amelia Maugary-the lady that invited everyone to roast the pig
Isola Pribby-She liked the Bronte Sisters.
Eben Ramsey-Read Shakespeare. Liked the quote "The bright day is done, and we are all for the dark." His daughter and baby died in childbirth the day the Germans came. His grandson was sent to England. He now takes care of him.
Adelaide Addison-Bitter woman. Does not want Juliet to write about the Society.
Elizabeth McKenna-supposedly had a baby out of wedlock whose father was a German soldier. She was arrested by the Germans and taken to a camp. Has yet to return. Her child is being raised by the island.
Clovis Fossey-Friend of Eben. Read poetry to his wife Nancy.
John Booker-he only reads one book over and over the Letters of Seneca. He pretends to be his former employer and lives in his house and drinks all of his wine during the war.
Will Thisbee-talks about religion and the soul and ego mentioned by Freud.
Clarea Saussey-read the book of cookery recipes in the Society and was driven away.
Sally Ann Forisher-wrote to Juliet about having scabies
Micah Daniels-told about Vega box.

Review:

Oh boy...I should know enough not to rely on all the hype when deciding on whether to read a book or not. It's not like I really disliked this book. I was just prepared to be blown away and I wasn't. Maybe because of the format this book was written in. Letter form. I had a difficult time staying on track. I felt like I was missing things and had to go back and reread. I hate doing that. The idea of the book was interesting. To tell a story thru letters between several people made it seem very realistic. Some of the story lines were tragic. The description of the island makes me want to go there or study the history of Guernsey Island during WWII. I just couldn't get overly excited about this. ...more

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Sep 05, 2009 Linda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2009-2010

Treat yourself to ths book,I recommend it highly.After getting into this book I felt like I actully knew these people,and lived through the good and bad times with them,they are truly unique.I look forward to reading another of her books.

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Jun 24, 2009 Karla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-romantic-fiction, tear-jerkers, chick-lit, english, wwii-era, 2009, favorites, book-about-books

Loved it!! loved it!! loved it!! I have post its all over it saving my favorite quotes or spots. I reread phases I adore already! I enjoyed the style it is written in all letters to and from the main character Juliet with a small Journal part by Isola! I had a few moments I got a little confused who was who, It would have been even better if there were greater differences between each characters letters. Also there were so many names starting with an "S" Susan, Sidney and Sophie. I complain very ...more

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Dec 18, 2008 Donna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: work-book-club, sold-swapped, book-challenge-2010

Okay, I put this book off for a while and without reason but now that we were to read it for my work book club I picked it up and read it in two days! I loved it. I was very endearing and heartfelt. I gave it 4/5 stars because something was holding me back from giving it a total of 5 and I am not truly sure why. I loved all the characters, especially Isola. She was great! I loved how she just simply spoke her mind and didn't care about anything! She was never afraid. I loved how she came right o ...more

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May 31, 2009 Stef rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2009, fiction

What a nice story. I loved the book. Took me just two days to read it. I just had to continue reading to find out the fate of Elisabeth. I find it amazing how much one can learn about other people just from letters.

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Jul 14, 2010 Heather Turiello rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction

This is a wonderful story told through written letters, about post-war Guernsey an island off the coast of England. It's a sweet story and I found the characters to be so endearing and lovable. ...more

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Mar 12, 2009 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, may-2009-december-2009

This is a hard book to rate. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and found the format of it to be quite interesting. Because the story is told through letters and telegrams, rather than the traditional novel format, it provides a different insight into the characters. While I loved this insight, I did find myself longing to listen to the whole conversations that the characters had, not just the highlights that they chose to write about in their letters.

I've read part of the book in book format, and l ...more

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