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Book Review: A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White

I'll be honest, I have not finished this book. I have picked it up, started reading, read a few chapters, put it down, said to myself I will read more later, more times than I care to admit! I don't know why I couldn't get into this book. If it was the sheer length of it, 426 pages!, Or just the writer's style. I'm not sure! The premise of the book sounds like something I would love. It starts out in 1914, before the war has started. (A topic I have recently become very interested in) And it follows a lady by the name of Rosemary Gresham, who is woman without a family who has grown up on the streets, but is very refined and able to adapt to any circumstance. Surprisingly, the book only spans a few months. With it being so long, you would assume that it would go at least year, but it goes from May to August of 1914.  The book goes back and forth between Rosemary's perspective and her Interest Peter's perspective. I'm not sure if that's what made it so long, or the fact that the author seemed to be very descriptive. Even on the parts where it was a character thinking in their head. 

Will I finish reading this book? Right now it's not looking likely since it really didn't grab and hold my attention. But regardless of that fact I am thankful to Bethany House for providing me with a free copy in exchange for my honest (if not super helpful) review.

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