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# Shadow of a Century: An Irish Love Story

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Review: Shadow of a Century - Development of characters and progression of this historical fiction is SO well interlaced. Very strong ! A love story that the author assigns a place for at the end. Memorable characters; strong, dedicated to their mission and each other. The story spans 2 generations and the author transitions smoothly between them. Loved every bit! Did it again, Jean Grainger, a beautiful story of Irish family ties I relate with ...and I'm Italian.
Review: Definitely worth reading - I really enjoyed this story. I took one star off of the review because it suffers from some grammatical issues, timeline issues, and an abrupt ending. I think this book is self-published; I have noticed with many self-published books that there are grammar and spelling problems. I don't often mention grammar and spelling issues but it's enough of an issue here that it's worth mentioning. The timeline is difficult to grasp. One reason why is that the specific age of one of the main characters is not stated until much later in the book. In fact, only one character's age is mentioned up front and I'm not even sure about that one. So, perhaps none of the ages are stated until the elderly character later in the book. This throws the timeline into confusion and is distracting. The ending is abrupt and I felt that it could have been improved if the author had included in the story having the characters go to the orphanage where one of the characters had grown up. Perhaps her parentage could have been tied in with some of the other characters in the story. That all said, this is a really good story. As I mentioned, I think this book is self-published. If so, it definitely has the potential to be picked up and republished by one of the larger publishing houses. The story pulled me in immediately and kept me reading even with the issues that I mentioned above. And the story is complex. There is the main story of the book and then the story of one of the main characters, so multiple stories in one. Yet, it doesn't feel too busy and, with the exception of the abrupt ending, it doesn't feel fragmented. I recommend this story if you like historical fiction. I even recommend it for readers like me, who don't usually like much in the "romance" category.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shadow of a Century
*by K***R on August 24, 2025*

Development of characters and progression of this historical fiction is SO well interlaced. Very strong ! A love story that the author assigns a place for at the end. Memorable characters; strong, dedicated to their mission and each other. The story spans 2 generations and the author transitions smoothly between them. Loved every bit! Did it again, Jean Grainger, a beautiful story of Irish family ties I relate with ...and I'm Italian.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Definitely worth reading
*by T***Y on January 6, 2017*

I really enjoyed this story. I took one star off of the review because it suffers from some grammatical issues, timeline issues, and an abrupt ending. I think this book is self-published; I have noticed with many self-published books that there are grammar and spelling problems. I don't often mention grammar and spelling issues but it's enough of an issue here that it's worth mentioning. The timeline is difficult to grasp. One reason why is that the specific age of one of the main characters is not stated until much later in the book. In fact, only one character's age is mentioned up front and I'm not even sure about that one. So, perhaps none of the ages are stated until the elderly character later in the book. This throws the timeline into confusion and is distracting. The ending is abrupt and I felt that it could have been improved if the author had included in the story having the characters go to the orphanage where one of the characters had grown up. Perhaps her parentage could have been tied in with some of the other characters in the story. That all said, this is a really good story. As I mentioned, I think this book is self-published. If so, it definitely has the potential to be picked up and republished by one of the larger publishing houses. The story pulled me in immediately and kept me reading even with the issues that I mentioned above. And the story is complex. There is the main story of the book and then the story of one of the main characters, so multiple stories in one. Yet, it doesn't feel too busy and, with the exception of the abrupt ending, it doesn't feel fragmented. I recommend this story if you like historical fiction. I even recommend it for readers like me, who don't usually like much in the "romance" category.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The story of love on so many levels !
*by A***E on July 4, 2025*

I have to say , this is one of the best books I have read in years ! You get drawn in to the characters, as if they were family . The historical aspect, was eye opening to me , the beautiful and heart wrenching story of Mary , who’s strength and love carry through to the very end , I couldn’t put it down ! I have read many books by Jean Grainger and this has to be my favorite, though I do love her other books very much . This really should be made into a movie . It would rival a love story as strong as “ The Notebook “ , in my opinion :) .

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