Reviews for Green City in the Sun

The average rating for Green City in the Sun based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-01 00:00:00 Davis Woodbury I'm putting this one aside for now (bookmarked at page 90) . The book started off really good and I thought I was going to love it, colonizing Kenya in 1917, pretty exciting, right? But once we arrive and get semi settled, the story becomes sidetracked into relationship issues...the frigid wife ...the spinster longing for a married man...I'm not in the mood for this. To be honest, I just don't care enough about the characters to be interested. I had this same issue with "The Passing Bells " by Philip Rock.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-30 00:00:00 Peter Jones 3.5 Overall I enjoyed this. I loved the setting and how vivid it felt. The conflicts that arose were heartfelt (and some heartbreaking!). However it felt overly romanticized in the early to mid book and I felt that was either a distraction from everything else happening or more energy should have been spent on the inter-racial relationship. And then, after I get invested and they have a kid and then wham-the book takes a serious tone to it and the romance is gone! Now I liked how well written this was. It really brought Kenya (a historical Kenya) to life! TO see the differences of the colonists versus the natives of the land and how the interactions might have happened. It is a beautifully written saga that can both delight and have you questioning who we are as people.