Die Maschen der Frauen
by Kate Jacobs
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Read in January, 2007
I'm giving this two stars: averaging one star for the first half and three for the second half. Through the first half of the book I kept thinking, "how are they going to make a movie of this?" It was just all these separate women and their individual stories and none seemed to have anything to do with the others. They did all come together at the end, though. The first thing that really got my attention was in Darwin's story. She was talking about how she was a good girl, but she didn...more
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Read in March, 2007
Knitting is a Nice Device, But . . .
The idea of a knitting group--a group of women gathering on a regular basis forming bonds of friendship and sharing life experiences--was the alluring premise of this book, and the reason I bought it. That's definitely what this book is. But is it a riveting story? Did I fall in love with the characters and turn pages with eager anticipation to see how the story would play out? No and no. I struggled turning pages of this book as much as I'd probably ...more
The idea of a knitting group--a group of women gathering on a regular basis forming bonds of friendship and sharing life experiences--was the alluring premise of this book, and the reason I bought it. That's definitely what this book is. But is it a riveting story? Did I fall in love with the characters and turn pages with eager anticipation to see how the story would play out? No and no. I struggled turning pages of this book as much as I'd probably ...more
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Read in February, 2007
Georgia Walker is a 37-year-old single mother who lives in a walk-up on the Upper West Side of New York with her twelve-year-old daughter. She is also the proprietess of Walker and Daughter: Knitters, a yarn shop featuring one of a kind knitwear, that is situated one floor below her apartment. Georgia's entire life is focused on making sure that she raises her daughter to be self-reliant, independent, and strong; that her business is a success; and that people realize that there is a place for c...more
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Read in December, 2007
I just picked this up at the library because there was nothing else there. The reviews I've scanned give me pause, but hey, I haven't read any blatant chick-lit in quite a while...we'll see.
*****
And one week later, I can say this: I hated this book. I hated the way the author used nothing but sentence fragments. To emphasize her points. Everyone thinks and speaks in four. Word. Sentences. Can you imagine reading this writing style for an entire book?
Because it continues for the en...more
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And one week later, I can say this: I hated this book. I hated the way the author used nothing but sentence fragments. To emphasize her points. Everyone thinks and speaks in four. Word. Sentences. Can you imagine reading this writing style for an entire book?
Because it continues for the en...more
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Read in June, 2008
I did NOT expect to like this book, it was chosen for a book club that I am in, it is chic lit and that is NOT a genre that i favor. The book was okay, I was actually surprized. I had LOW expectations because of the genre so maybe that was why it went over better than I expected. It was a slower reading book for me, not one that i was hot to read BUT i finished it and it wasn't stupid like Jennifer Weiner's book GIB.
It was almost anti-fairy tale. Don't want to say too much and give away ...more
It was almost anti-fairy tale. Don't want to say too much and give away ...more
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Read in April, 2008
Oh dear. That's several hours of my life I will never get back.
The plot: Georgia Walker owns a knitting-yarn store in New York City. Between her and her daughter, her employees, her friends, and some of her customers, they cobble together "The Friday Night Knitting Club" and gather at the store to stitch and bitch, as it were. And so we are offered some views into each woman's life. And just as Georgia's life starts to change for the better, tragedy strikes.
Well, let me tell yo...more
The plot: Georgia Walker owns a knitting-yarn store in New York City. Between her and her daughter, her employees, her friends, and some of her customers, they cobble together "The Friday Night Knitting Club" and gather at the store to stitch and bitch, as it were. And so we are offered some views into each woman's life. And just as Georgia's life starts to change for the better, tragedy strikes.
Well, let me tell yo...more
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Read in June, 2008
Wow, I really didn't like this book. I picked it up and put it down for days not getting past the first 20 pages because the style of writing was frustrating and in the beginning I really didn't like the main character. Being a knitter in NYC I wanted to like the book about the little yarn shop so I made myself keep reading.
The style of writing did not improve. It was full. Of sentence fragments. Just like this. Throughout the entire book. Distracting. In addition, there were details all ove...more
The style of writing did not improve. It was full. Of sentence fragments. Just like this. Throughout the entire book. Distracting. In addition, there were details all ove...more
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Read in January, 2008
It's true. I judge books by their covers and I was drawn to this one with it's beautiful skeins of yarn on the cover. Also, I had read about it in the Chinaberry catalog. Anyway, I really wanted to like this book, but I had a hard time connecting with most of the characters. I know that the author tried really hard to convey that knitting bonded her characters together, but with the exception of a few characters like Darwin Chiu and Anita, I didn't really buy it. Frankly, I disliked a lot of ...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommended to April by:
A friend. recommends it for: No one. I would recommend knitting and finding your own club in the real world.
Overly indulgent and absurd. Sex and the City for knitters.
The writing wasn't too bad --I've seen worse-- but the multiple point of views were done ineffectively and the shifts between one viewpoint to another were horribly abrupt. All of the characters make godawfully stupid decisions about how to live their lives outside of Georgia and her life was not exactly easy.
I particularly loathed Lucie, an idiotic 42 year old who decides to have a baby on her own. Probably to be cool. And Dar...more
The writing wasn't too bad --I've seen worse-- but the multiple point of views were done ineffectively and the shifts between one viewpoint to another were horribly abrupt. All of the characters make godawfully stupid decisions about how to live their lives outside of Georgia and her life was not exactly easy.
I particularly loathed Lucie, an idiotic 42 year old who decides to have a baby on her own. Probably to be cool. And Dar...more
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Read in September, 2007
post-read: so, now i'm finished. this book was basically chick-lit. i felt the story wasn't too shabby, but writing style/tone made me feel like i was reading a high schooler's creative writing assignment. SO prosaic and cliche. in another author's hands, it could have been much better. the ending, as jeni said, was surprising, and i think the author used it to separate it from its chick-lit sistren, but it didn't work. it did make me tear up a LITTLE, and i was entertained, and the charac...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommended to Dawn by:
Read a review of itrecommends it for: Anyone who loves a good story
This was a really GREAT book! Its a story if strength, perseverence (sp), tenacity and most of all, love and how love touches and affects everything around you even when you aren't aware that it is. Is is also the story of forgiveness and the love that can come when forgiveness happens.
This is the story of Georgia Walker. And of her daughter Dakota. And the knitting shop she opened when she found herself single, pregnant and alone in a city she wasn't sure she wanted to stay in. And its the ...more
This is the story of Georgia Walker. And of her daughter Dakota. And the knitting shop she opened when she found herself single, pregnant and alone in a city she wasn't sure she wanted to stay in. And its the ...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommended to Leigh by:
Momrecommends it for: women who want a quick read
The Friday Night Knitting Club is the story of an eclectic group of women who come together once a week to knit. They knit sweaters. They knit scarves. And they knit their lives together, forming unexpected friendships and an extraordinary support network that proves to be the most valuable of their creations.
While I found the ending predictable, this was a great read. There was something endearing and likable about every single one of the characters, even the "bad guys". C...more
While I found the ending predictable, this was a great read. There was something endearing and likable about every single one of the characters, even the "bad guys". C...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
people who appreciate the attraction of a regular craft group.
This book has an unexpected kind of Karmic wheel ending, but the whole books is well written and well spoken (I listened to the audio version from Audible.com). It starts out in a way that, I think, most of find ourselves in at some point in life: doing fine and not able to see how life could be better. In this case, our heroine's life does get better when she opens her heart and her life to other people: old and new friends. The setting is the Walker and Daughter Knitting shop in New York City....more
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Read in June, 2008
This was a very moving, character driven novel. Loaded with emotion, The Friday Night Knitting Club is about women who become friends through a knitting club that was formed by accident. Walker & Daughter is a knitting store formed by single mom Georgia. With the help of her dear friend Anita, Georgia runs this NYC store with not only great knitting supplies and projects, but with some friendly guidance and advice, (not necessarily on knitting). The knitting club forms when a handful of...more
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Read in December, 2007
I recently moved and I am starting to miss my running group and the discussions we had during our runs. We were all different. Different jobs, different friends, different life goals, different family situations but for one or two days a week we came together to just run. Nothing else mattered. We looked forward to seeing each other and catching up but yet we rarely socialized outside of our runtime.
When I saw this book at the library it reminded me of my running group. It sounded like the p...more
When I saw this book at the library it reminded me of my running group. It sounded like the p...more
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Read in May, 2008
I don't know why I keep reading this book. The reviews on the back were good, and claimed a relationship to Steel Magnolias and How To Make An American Quilt.
Well, I think this is a sophomoric attempt to ride on the coattails of those great works. So many exclamation points! So much 6th grade sentence structure! Far too much parenthetical explanation of character - every time the author wants to add a new detail to a character's life/personality, she has to justify it in a parentheses.
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Well, I think this is a sophomoric attempt to ride on the coattails of those great works. So many exclamation points! So much 6th grade sentence structure! Far too much parenthetical explanation of character - every time the author wants to add a new detail to a character's life/personality, she has to justify it in a parentheses.
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Read in April, 2008
A friend of mine (who is not a knitter, but knows that I am) recommended that I read this. She read it and loved it, and I think she became "dreamy" about knitting because of reading this book...and while I admit that there certainly is a knitting subculture...it's not exactly something to get starry-eyed over.
But she loved it "just about as much as she loves the clicky clicky of knitting needles."
There's your sign. She loves the "clicky clicky" AND she...more
But she loved it "just about as much as she loves the clicky clicky of knitting needles."
There's your sign. She loves the "clicky clicky" AND she...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
Knitters, women relationships
This book is definitely one of those cliche "book club" books....But I still liked it
Anyway its about a single mother (Georgia Walker) and her knitting shop in New York. Slowly but surely a gathering of women congregate long after the shop should have closed, to knit, talk about life, and socialize. The story is not just about Georgia, her daughter or the absentee father who re-appears, its about all the women.
Which is where the plot becomes a bit disjointed. Too many perspe...more
Anyway its about a single mother (Georgia Walker) and her knitting shop in New York. Slowly but surely a gathering of women congregate long after the shop should have closed, to knit, talk about life, and socialize. The story is not just about Georgia, her daughter or the absentee father who re-appears, its about all the women.
Which is where the plot becomes a bit disjointed. Too many perspe...more
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I'm changing my review. After a few days contemplation, I decided to reduce the number of stars from 4 to 3. Why? Because the ending does not hold up. SPOILER ALERT NOW...Why does Georgia die? What is the purpose within in the plot? Is it merely so that the book does not have a "Disney" ending with a woman with a successful business, a good circle of friends, a reunited family? But why can't she have all those things? Is it so that the book is considered "profound"? But a tri...more
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