A Northern Light, Week 7- Post B

This week I finished reading A Northern Light. The end wasn’t very surprising, but I was happy Mattie ended up going to New York. I think she always knew she would end up going, because she never was to sure about if being with Royal was the right thing for her.

When I was reading about Weaver’s house being burnt down, I wasn’t expecting anything like that to happen, and thought it was sort of irrelevant. I think this event did add another aspect to the story, and made it a not a happily ever after, but I would have rather read more about the murder of Grace Brown. I think just the letters weren’t suspenseful enough, and more chapters, or more pages should have been devoted to that mystery. Although Mattie seemed to have some connection to Grace, it seemed that the readers didn’t know her well enough to even wonder why she was killed. Overall the book was good, but the author, Jennifer Donnelly could have made less of the book about her home life, and more about The Glenmore. I really didn’t get too interested with the book until Royal Loomis, and when Mattie took the job at the Glenmore.

At the end of the book, I think everything was too perfect. I think that the issues with Hubbards shouldn’t have been wrapped up. I think sometimes it is almost better to leave the readers hanging.

Overall, even though I thought the ending could have been better, I thought the book was good. I never got bored when reading and would recommend this book to anyone.