Customer Reviews

Attic Treasures: Grandma's Doll/Fishing for Love/Seeking the Lost/This Prairie (Heartsong Novella Collection)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I can't even remember how I even found this book but I am so happy that I did! I just loved it! I saw it on amazon but then got it from our local library. It is a book written by four different authors but they are all writing about the same Grandmother and four cousins who are picking out their special remembrance of the childhood spent at their Grandmother's victorian home. The first story I thought I didn't care for but by the time it was finished I did! It just got better from there. By the end of the fourth story I just didn't want it to end. I loved this book so much I have ordered the four books advertised in the back since I couldn't find them at the library. This is an enjoyable read. No heavy stuff just good clean reading!!! We need more of it.

I liked these little stories.It's hard to always have a lot of time at once to read a more detailed story with children,grandchildren and all the rest we women have to do! I read them all picking up the book again and again .
Nadia Rehmani

For the life of me, I don't understand why this book would get a rave review in the slightest. I couldn't even finish it.

Reading through the first story was like reading through a first draft of a book, and one I would have expected from a beginner. This first tale, about an antique doll, wastes a great deal of time on ordinary "everyday speech" dialogue rather than having anything happen--i.e., "How are you?" "Oh, I'm okay." "Are you going to the store now?" and such. The story is dull, the characters all sound the same, the heroine has no drive whatsoever, the spiritual element is preachy--and the ending is completely predictable. I stuck with it anyway, hoping it would get better. It never did.

The second story in this collection--about some antique fishing lures--unfortunately, isn't any better than the first. The two main characters are supposed to be grown young women, but their speech, their reactions, and their emotions sound more like 12-year-olds. And yes, I say the "two main characters" because in my mind they're indistinguishable one from the other. Nothing stands out about either of them; they talk the same, they react the same, they're interchangeable. Nothing memorable about 'em...and so I let them go, along with my hopes for the rest of the book.

In short...this is a sleeper, not a keeper.

It was written very vaguely and simple.

The last story was the only one that

I really enjoyed. It was also a little

too religious for me and too "goody-goody"


Skurvy

I love the idea that these 4 short stories are based on. A grandmother needs to move out of her house, so the 4 granddaughters are given the chance to return and claim their attic treasure. Some wonderful love stories develop as the girls return to Casper, Wyoming to get their most treasured possessions from their childhood. If you love small towns, old houses and antiques mixed with a little bit of romance than this is the book for you. Pull back the curtain, listen to the rain fall and enjoy this wonderful book.

Julianna (onerainyafternoon.blogspot.com)

Great - really displayed a grandmother's love for her grandchildren and also, the love, enjoyment and impression from Grandma to her grandchildren - really showed what family is all about!!