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by: Nevada Barr

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Average Rating: Rating: - Great Book This was a great portrayal of two women who struggled to make a life together during a very difficult time period. The plot was riveting and kept my interest. The characters were not portrayed as stereotypical lesbians, which was a nice change from other novels that I have read. This is a definite change of pace from the Anna Pigeon mysteries I have become used to reading by this author. Sarah and Imogene were great characters. I only have one criticism. Toward the end of the novel, I was flipping to see if I had read something wrong, due to the author's use of pronouns and the name switch that occurred. Overall a great depiction of two women who knew their own strength and used it to their advantage! The scenery was vividly described and the characters well-read. Rating: - A book for everyone I had read several of Nevada Barr's mysteries and found them thoroughly delightful. They vary from the traditional mystery by using a park ranger in place of the usual private eye. When I picked up Bittersweet, I expected another mystery. Instead, this is a wonderful emotion filled novel. As with her mysteries, Barr takes the traditional western and gives it a twist. Her heroines face the classic struggles on the range, but the antagonists are not always nature but are often human nature. That is, two women living in 19th century Nevada have to deal with everything men do plus the problems created by the stereotypes. This book was a very fine, enchanting read which still gives me enjoyment long after I have finished it. Rating: - Love in struggle Barr's first novel is the story of two women trying to make a life together in the late 1800s in Pennsylvania and later in Nevada. It focuses more on the strengthening of Sarah than on the love she and Imogene share, which gives the book more potency than a run-of-the-mill love story. While not an uplifting story per se, this book is thoroughly enjoyable and captivating. I was reminded in some places of "Frontiers" by Michael Jensen and of "Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters, where the sense of place and time is clear and beautifully woven into a strong story.

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