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Mary Sharratt is one of my favorite writers so I looked forward to reading The Vanishing Point. She is a wonderful writer and adept at telling a story, and her books are always page-turners. The Vanishing Point was no exception to this, however, the story itself was not equal to her other novels. If this was your first Sharratt book, I urge you to read The Real Minerva or more particularly Illuminations, a masterful historical novel.

The Vanishing Point was unsatifying. The story didn't flow well for me and seemed a bit disjointed throughout; there was a great deal of information which seemed far too compressed and, at times, too contrived. Unlike Mary's other books where time and events flowed leisurely and appropriately to tell the story, this seemed more like an outline where everything had to be fitted in to make the plot work. The relationship of sisters Hannah and May was wonderful, but I found May far more interesting and the mystery of what happened to her, after she was sent off to the colonies to wed, went droning on throughout the book. The book's blurb indicates Hannah searches for May, but that is not true. Hannah is simply mystified by what May's husband tells her and then falls into his arms quite quickly. I suppose you could say it was grief at her sister being gone, but it didn't feel quite right. Hannah never actually searches for May, but toward the end, and quite by accident, believes she has found her but she couldn't be more wrong in her assumptions. Still, the writing was elegant and interesting, as always from Mary Sharratt. I plan to continue reading her other books.

It seems most reviewers do not care for the end, and I am in agreement on that point. There are so many directions this story could have gone, and it seemed at almost every turn the road was ill-chosen.


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VANISHING POINT Mary Sharratt 0046442462334 Books Reviews

This is a very well-written and entertaining book. Hannah and May Powers, two vastly different sisters, are serparated by an arranged marriage that streaches across the sea, from England to the New World. Though their differences are many, and though May has enough personality and moral flaws to keep anyone in their English town from truly respecting her or being able to see her as anything other than a good sport in the hay, Hannah loves her sister and is sad and lost after she leaves. Things heat up rapidly, and the conflict begins when Hannah arrives in the New World at Washbrook Plantation only to discover the estate in ruins and her sister and neice dead. She recieves a contemptuous welcome from her sister's widower, but remains by his side. The sexual tension between the two of them rises and eventually leads to the birth of their son, Daniel, but falls off almost immediately after his birth. Speculation that something dark and evil may have been the cause of May's death, rather than natural causes surrounding a complicated childbirth, consume Hannah to the point of leaving Daniel and taking with her their son. Although she suspects he may have been responsible for the death of May, she loves him still, and that is te reason most of the drama and sadness in this tale. The ending is sad, and is a mournful case of the good guys losing because of the actions of selfish evil-doers connected to them. The butterfly effect runs straight through this novel, and connects everything together in a sad, but complletely satisfying way. I wish the ending had been happy, but sometimes it just can't be done. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction with plot twists and dark irony.
Hannah Powers secretly performs her father's surgical tasks due to his failing health. Her sister, May, has an outgoing nature that attracts boys and men, to the detriment of her reputation. Ruining her chances at marriage in their English village, her father marries her off to a distant cousin in the American colonies. Hannah is quite distraught about this, particularly when her sister's letters have little mention of her husband or details about her life in the colonies, with the exception that she is expecting a child. When her father dies, Hannah makes her own journey to Maryland. She is shocked to find that her sister and the baby have died, and the homestead is in ruins, with her sister's husband, Gabriel subsisting by hunting rather than farming. In spite of her misgivings, she stays and begins a complex relationship with Gabriel as she tries to understand what happened to her sister. Her sister's story is told in a series of flashbacks interspersed with Hannah's current predicament. The contrast between life in England and Maryland for Hannah shows the changing moral picture and possibilities for independence in the colonies.
Mary Sharratt is one of my favorite writers so I looked forward to reading The Vanishing Point. She is a wonderful writer and adept at telling a story, and her books are always page-turners. The Vanishing Point was no exception to this, however, the story itself was not equal to her other novels. If this was your first Sharratt book, I urge you to read The Real Minerva or more particularly Illuminations, a masterful historical novel.

The Vanishing Point was unsatifying. The story didn't flow well for me and seemed a bit disjointed throughout; there was a great deal of information which seemed far too compressed and, at times, too contrived. Unlike Mary's other books where time and events flowed leisurely and appropriately to tell the story, this seemed more like an outline where everything had to be fitted in to make the plot work. The relationship of sisters Hannah and May was wonderful, but I found May far more interesting and the mystery of what happened to her, after she was sent off to the colonies to wed, went droning on throughout the book. The book's blurb indicates Hannah searches for May, but that is not true. Hannah is simply mystified by what May's husband tells her and then falls into his arms quite quickly. I suppose you could say it was grief at her sister being gone, but it didn't feel quite right. Hannah never actually searches for May, but toward the end, and quite by accident, believes she has found her but she couldn't be more wrong in her assumptions. Still, the writing was elegant and interesting, as always from Mary Sharratt. I plan to continue reading her other books.

It seems most reviewers do not care for the end, and I am in agreement on that point. There are so many directions this story could have gone, and it seemed at almost every turn the road was ill-chosen.