The Silver Star

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls is a poignant and beautifully crafted story that forms a deep emotional connection between the reader and its characters. Walls brings to life the journey of two sisters, Bean and Liz, with such empathy and authenticity that their struggles and triumphs feel personal. Through their resilience in the face of abandonment and adversity, Walls explores themes of family, identity, and justice, making the reader deeply invested in their fate. The characters' emotional depth and Walls' intimate storytelling leave a lasting impression, making it a truly moving read.

This is my third book written by Jeannette Walls And I certainly haven’t been disappointed. She’s such a beautiful writer I find it hard to draw a line and out the books down! A true insight into family life of America’s 60’s plus. I only hope there’s more to come!

Sometimes while we watch a movie, we tend to feel it is extremely slow but after we come out from the screens & think about it, there will be something special about the movie that will stay in our hearts. So is this book. I would rather substitute the word naturally paced rather than slowly paced, because that is the actual fact! I first felt the book is kinda boring & when will it end? But as soon as I completed the book, I started to feel why did it end so soon? Its now almost 9 hours since I had read the book & the characters are still in my mind. After watching the movie "The Glass Castle", I got an interest to explore the author "Ms.Jeannete Walls" & her world! My attempt did not fail & I am very very happy that I had bought this book. Proud to be frank that this book is also a part of my library!

Like most other reviewers, I will preface my review by stating that The Glass Castle is one of my all-time favorite books. I try to pass my copy onto anyone who will take it. I was so thrilled with GC that I purchased her follow-up Half Broke Horses, which I also thoroughly enjoyed and lent to my mother to read. Somehow last month, I stumbled upon a review of a new Jeannette Walls book and I was very excited to get my copy. It's an easy read for sure and a quick one. Overall, I liked it. It had the same feel as GC (Liz and Bean vs Lori and Jeannette, carefree Mother) and as I started to read I was excited for the adventure I was about to take part in, however it ended up feeling like I had ridden the kiddie Dragon Roller Coaster rather than the 200ft drop mega coaster, if you get what I mean. Although there are strong similarities between this book and GC, GC was more detailed and developed and really kept the reader drawn to the story. I can only guess it's because the author had so much more to go on because she had lived the story in GC, unlike this book. Each day when I picked the book up to read more about Bean & Liz's journey and then new life in Byler, I was waiting to get to the 'good part'; where the story would really take that turn into GreatBookLand, but it never did. Don't get me wrong, it's a good story and I will recommend it, but it was no sheer page turner. Level 1 Glass Castle if you will...a good starter book. One review I read said to think of The Silver Star as a prequel to what's to come and looking back at the story line and ending, I can see how this could be possible and I actually am hoping it will turn out that way. In the mean time, I will just reach over for my copy of GC when I want a good read.

Really great book. I couldn't put it down. Love how the sisters love and protect each other.This author is good. I have read Hang the moon after I read the Silver Star. Walls doesn't disappoint at all.