{"id":9883,"date":"2021-07-10T23:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2021-07-10T23:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T22:51:18","slug":"9883","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9883","title":{"rendered":"More Walking\u00a0 Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walking\u00a0 Books<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hiding Game <\/strong>by Naomi Wood<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Social distancing continues, so a gentle stroll in the playing fields preceded our Page Turners\u2019 meeting lolling on the grass in the very sunny orchard!<\/p>\n

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We discussed \u2018The Hiding Game\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/span> by Naomi Wood. This novel traces the chequered relationships of a group of disparate students at the Bauhaus school of art during Germany\u2019s turbulent 1920\u2019s.<\/p>\n

On line reviews were very favourable, but one reviewer did say that The Hiding Game was not a book to be read at speed. Due to the nature of its content they found themselves putting the book down to carry out their own research on line.<\/p>\n

Those Page Turners who were not so knowledgeable nor diligent with probing the history found this novel to be tedious. Several thought the characters were uninspiring and that the story line was weak.<\/p>\n

But for those who had an interest in the Bauhaus movement and the period of the rise of the Nazis, it was a very enjoyable and stimulating read.<\/p>\n

Our scoring ranged from 9\/10 to 4\/10.<\/p>\n

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Walking\u00a0 Books The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood Social distancing continues, so a gentle stroll in the playing fields preceded our Page Turners\u2019 meeting lolling on the grass in the very sunny orchard! We discussed \u2018The Hiding Game\u2019 by Naomi Wood. 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