Audiobook Review: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Book: 95/150

Rating: 3/5

Summary: Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them–and to the men they love–becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.

Thoughts: I don’t really have too much to say about this one. It was well written, well narrated (Julia Whelan is one of the best when it comes to audio narration. She also narrated The Great Alone which was fantastic!). When I think of the story as a whole, I liked it, but it felt like a chore to finish this one. I used a credit on Libro.fm to listen to it and didn’t want it to go to waste!

I appreciated the story and that it was based on a true story, but this one just wasn’t for me.