Did you enjoy the ending of the book? Where were you left in terms of your feelings?
I felt bad for the family that Billy was going back to America. But of course he was. That is where he spent his last ten years. His adoptive parents were his family.
I liked the happily ever after conclusion, mostly because the characters seemed to have finally matured a bit.
I agree, @Paula_Walters. I also liked that touch of bittersweet realism where Thirza mentions all the years they missed out on with Billy, and how he’s back yet he’s not - he’s a different person than the one they lost.
I was sad for the family that Billy was going back to America - but thankful that they had some closure.
I did enjoy the story. It would have been more interesting to have a bit more background of the characters, though. The visualization of the locations was pretty good, and I had a great sense of the area. At times, communication between the characters was not period-appropriate which was a great annoyance for me.
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While it was nice that Billy appeared, this same appearance felt like a soap opera ending for me. Suddenly the long lost and presumed dead returns. The author was vague about his disappearance, though, but the threads didn’t intwine for me to conclude he had been kidnapped, left, and wandered.
It had a happy ending, all the loose ends tied up. Family moving forward to the next chapter of their lives.
Yes I did enjoy the book especially the description of the island of Corfu. Early in the book I was able to predict the twist but did not stop me from reading. So often while reading I had to remind myself of the plot’s time period.
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Sorry my answer above was about the entire book.
I did like the ending because I felt everyone was more at peace.
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It was a fairy tale ending - everything turns out okay in the end.
The constant “harping” on Billy’s loss made his reappearance unsurprising. I was happy to have finished the book and get on to something else.
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I loved the ending. I didn’t like Billy showing up at Thirza’s wedding though. I wished he had shown up after the wedding and I was sorry he was going back to America. But, he had too! At least he had been given a nice life and wasn’t exploited somehow by the kidnappers.
Well the ending was a bit of a rush of everything working out for everyone. I somehow thought Billy would appear somehow but yes, as was mentioned by Heidi, the wedding didn’t seem too appropriate but I suppose the shock was a good story event. We weren’t really given enough information on how Billy was found by Columbine and what he thought of the whole situation. I think it could have been a little more developed by having him appear earlier in the story. Of course we wanted Dulcie and Thirza to have a happy ever after with all conflicts settled and that seemed to be the case.
The ending seemed rushed with everything coming together at once…weddings, babies, reunions, old grievances, unresolved issues. That said, you wonder how this family will move forward. They still have a host of relationship challenges. Very like a upscale soap opera such as Downton Abbey
I’m glad I read the book and it did make me want to visit that area for its beauty and history.
I liked the ending. Everything was nicely wrapped up in a box with a bow on top!
I am only on p.331, but I am answering this question to say that I am so uninvested in these characters that I could put the book down right now. I will finish, of course, just to satisfy my curiosity (and because I never don’t finish a book).
I agree with Karen - it was a fairy tale ending. I was hoping for something that seemed more realistic to me.
I found the ending anti-climactic; but, on the other hand, it was as unrealistic as the rest of the story.
Glad to have the happy ending, but wish the situation with Dulce & Columbine would have been further clarified
I agree. I thought the ending was anticlimactic. After Billy returned he was quickly out of the picture. I would have liked some more history about his missing 10 years.