Media Wednesday

This month's book club selection was The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham (not to be confused with another book called The Dressmaker that takes place on the Titanic).

I mentioned in a previous post that this book has now become a movie starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth.  

This book takes place in Australia following World War II (I think, I don't remember ever having this detail nailed down), in a small rural town.   We are given numerous details about the villagers, so much so that I eventually gave up trying to keep them all straight.  We meet the main character at the start, she is making her way back home after living abroad as a dressmaker.  Her mother is unwell and she has decided to come home to look after her.  There are a few male characters that become part of the story, and I had a hard time trying to figure out who Liam Hemsworth would be playing in the movie.   I finally checked IMDB when I was finished the book, and I was still kind of surprised about who it was.  I didn't think his character was actually that important when I was reading it. 

It took me about halfway through the book to actually start caring about the story, but even then, I was not overly impressed with the way the plot played out.  There was too much death, carnage and bad luck.  I think I know what the author was trying to do, but I didn't really enjoy it.  If I see the movie on Netflix or on TV somewhere I will check it out, it will be interesting to see how the movie adapts the story.  It says it is a comedy drama, but to me, I didn't get much comedy from the book.