Reply To: What did you think of “The Frozen River” and why?
I had only the audiobook available to borrow from the library, so I listened to The Frozen River. The narrator was excellent and I enjoyed her storytelling. But if I am honest, I will say that I didn’t enjoy the book completely and I suspect it might be because I am not a very good listener. When I read The Grey Wolf, I thoroughly enjoyed it, but when I went for a second “read”, I listened to it to hear Jean Brassard’s narration, and I could not finish TGW. So I suspect that the problem is me and my inability to focus when listening to books.
I enjoyed the first and last parts of The Frozen River most; the book was immediately interesting and captivating. I enjoyed the relationships in the book, especially Martha and her son Cyrus. The love between family members and sincere hopes for their happiness really touches my heart and I found Martha’s journey in understanding and fully appreciating her son to be very satisfying.
After reading all the wonderful comments here, I feel like I have missed out a little bit in fully appreciating this book. But I am grateful for all of you to share your thoughts and help me realize what I missed. It says quite a lot if you weren’t even sure that you would even like to read this book and are now reading a second book by this author, Jane. I think I would like to read The Frozen River again, but I will go for a text version next time.
