Celia’s journey entails numerous twists and turns. Were there any you found especially surprising?
Surprised Celia found Pearl
I was surprised at Celia’s many and difficult escapes.
I think the biggest surprise was that Stephen’s sister still spoke to Celia after Stephen went away to England for college. I assumed his sister would be extremely snooty like her parents.
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I was surprised by all the twists and turns but found them a bit contrived.
There were so many twists and turns, many surprising, but they rang false.
There were too many twists and turns that rang false and just unrealistic.
Yup! One right after the other which made the storyline a bit unbelievable.
I agree with the many who felt the tribulations Celia endured were not believable and seemed contrived. I guess the author had to account for the 2 years Celia was away from Pearl.
I also thought it was unrealistic to think there was no way for Celia to get word to Stephen at school. Didn’t she know what school he was attending? Was there no mail service??
I have to agree with the other readers, there were just too many twists and turns. Traveling across country and surviving the boat trip, jumping overboard and surviving became too much of good luck or fortune.
All of the twists were surprising, well-times, and added to the dramatic tension. The biggest surprise, however, was the way that Owen protected Celia & turned out to be a very sympathetic character, given that the author originally set him up to be a villain. That development was very well-written and added a critical emotional dimension to the story.