Blue Night

Winter Passing Trilogy #2

by Cindy McCormick Martinusen

A novel about the shattered secrets of divided Allies and one woman's desperate search for the truth

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, World War II, Christian, Holocaust, Suspense

399 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Stephanie Fitzgerald]

DNF. Pushed through to about halfway and could not continue. It just wasn’t holding my attention.

[Kathy]

LOVED it almost as much as the first book!

[Cyndy]

Another good book. Engaging characters and plot although if I am honest this one was my least favorite of the three. The only major complaint I have is that one of the characters, the daughter Abbie who was supposed to be 7 years old was written too mature which is a fault a lot of authors seem to have. Why not just make the child older instead of giving them thought processes and words only a more mature person would have. Other than that I did enjoy the story. It did keep me engaged and wanting to stay up later than I wanted to find out what happened. This is a good series and I look forward to reading more by the author.

[Dana]

Very good story, I do like how she weaves in a few characters from #1. It was a little bit predictable, but still very good. Makes me think of my memories of being in Austria!! A good, quick novel!

[Barb Friedrich]

Good Read and follow up to book number 1. Little slow at times, but overall ok!

[Barb Ratcliffe]

A very good sequel. A woman who would not believe that her husband was dead. She was able to find him.

[AlixJamie]

So I never really intended to read this book. I had never heard of Mrs. Martinusen or her work. But I happened to stumble across it while I was wandering the library and it looked interesting enough to pick up and take home.
I suppose the premise of the book was interesting, but I'm not sure if it was the writing style or the dispensing of information that kept me from enjoying it.
The whole thing about the blue tile was, as I read in a different review, anticlimactic. They went through all the trouble to get the pieces together and ended finding the cave without it. Oh-kay...
And then, I don't know, I had a really weird picture of Kate in my mind which prevented me from feeling much emotion for her as a character. Abbie was the stereotyped little kid. Connie was a little too much, I thought. There is a point between relating to your readers through brand names and titles and ect. and silliness, and I think she passed it a few times. But that's just me.
Ian was definitely my favorite character, even though he wasn't mentioned much. Jack was all right I suppose and the rest weren't too memorable.
For the action of the book and everything, hidden Nazi treasure and kidnapping and revenge - they're all interesting topics, but I felt as if they weren't handled very carefully. There were times when I skipped over long pages of information to get to the parts I was interested in.
Her dialogue was mostly good, for which I give her credit. It's hard to pull off good dialogue with characters that are difficult to relate to, but only Abbie really was hopelessly stereotyped by her lines.
This book had a promising start but failed to live up to its beginning in the end. The mystery, the search, it all just sort of crumbled apart and nothing was relevant anymore.

[Amy]

The plot was interesting. I wanted to finish the book, but it was a bit corny/too perfect of a family-- not realistic enough for me. I'm Christian, but the constant talk about God / faith was a bit annoying. That's terrible of me to say, but I felt it was too preachy for me. I just wanted to read the story. I finally found it too distracting and gave up. It was taking too long to get to the climax. What happened to Jack? How is it related to the blue tile?
I just didn't have enought patience. It could've been a very good read as the plot itself if very intriguing.

[Rachael Westbrook]

I read these books out of order...but it was ok! Each book is so moving. I wish sometimes I had lived during WWII so I could have made a difference and helped people. But instead, I am a teacher..a math teacher in this day and age. I read the first five minutes of class each day..because I want to teach them more than math! For the last five years I have read so many novels to my kiddos about the Holocaust. They have asked such innocent questions..and then such obvious questions. Always why?? If history is not taught, then it is prone to repeat itself. Cindy, your books are wonderful!

[Linda]

My 2nd book by Cindy Martinusen and I enjoyed it more than the first of the trilogy which was "Winter Passing". She researches her books well even taking several trips to Austria where this book is set. These have to do with WWII involving Austria. I would love to visit the settings for these books. I really learned a lot, very well written. Love story, intrigue, WWII, secrecy, Austrian Resistance, it has a lot to offer. Am about to start Book 3.

[Larisha]

She does a beautiful job painting the landscape
of Oregon, California, Venice, and Austria. She
writes and the characters come to life. Loved the
suspense in this 2nd book in the Trilogy.

The heartbeat of the book can be summed up
with her closing words of:' God works through All
our lives when we allow Him to be mapmaker and
guide.'!!!

[Angela Leikem]

Another great WWII story. Again, I could have done without so many faith references, but for the most part it didn't distract from the story in my opinion. Can't wait to read the last book in the trilogy.

[Jackie]

i am almost finished reading this book it is very intriging it has a mystery and it is very easy to read i will give my full reveiw when i finish

[Anne]

Compared to the first book in the trilogy, this one is awful. Far too contrived and unbelievable. It took all I had to finish reading. I can't see reading the third.

[Lorna]

I've been in a funk, so my reviews are probably not consistent. But, I loved the themes of waiting, jealousy, thought vs. emotions, etc.

[Gina]

A great historical fiction book about WWII and the Holocaust with a Christian perspective; looking forward to reading more of Cindy McCormick Martinusen's books!