false <![CDATA[After You'd Gone]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172890291m/228835.jpg 675323 11 Alice is a young woman who is returning to Scotland to reunite with her family. She meets her family at Waverley Station, but a strange incident happens. After seeing something horrible in a mirror at the station, she gets on the next train to London. Later that day, her family goes to a London hospital where Alice lies in a coma. The family argues about whether or not it was a suicide attempt. In Maggie O’Farrell’s gripping novel After You’d Gone, Alice, while in a coma, begins taking stock of her life and a recent love affair. 221611 26 2 2002 After You'd Gone total:529|5:176|4:209|3:114|2:25|1:5| 529 2113 762 83 3 3 false false Fri Sep 28 13:20:01 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 14 17:18:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 06:00:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 06:06:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 22:59:40 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 02:14:01 -0800 2008
It happens to be a pet peeve of mine when authors seem to live out their narcissistic fantasies by creating mythically attractive characters who inspire desperate passion in all who see them. Aside from everything else, in...more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 19:19:09 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 19:23:29 -0700 2008 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, so I decided to try an earlier novel by O'Farrell. The descriptions are excellent, the characterization of Alice and Ann are well done, but the male character development needs a bit more work. At times, the prose is stunning. I'm still trying to figure out ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 20 06:05:52 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 12:42:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 15:21:34 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 16:26:44 -0700 2008
Actually, it was all three. The book ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 06:27:09 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:40:43 -0700 2008
In O'Farrell's trademark style, the book jumps around in time and perspectives. In her other 2 novels (My Lover's Lover & ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 03:48:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 10:49:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:24:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:27:39 -0700 2009 1 I just recently read a depressing account of people falling out of love (Sleeping in ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:04:27 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 05:13:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 08:58:30 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 08:58:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 23:51:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:33:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 14:13:04 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:23:30 -0700 2009 There were parts that were so well written, sentences that brought her images up so clearly, that I would read them over and over. And this is coming from someone who is definitely a plot-over-prose reader.
What I didn't like:
For a story that I expected...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 11 15:44:09 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:49:37 -0800 2009
I highly recommend this author.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Apr 22 20:05:30 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:56:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:42:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 05:39:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 10:21:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:36:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:30:47 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:33:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 10 10:53:23 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:55:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 11:22:20 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 08:57:52 -0700 2008 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. O'Farrell has an amazing gift for writing people who have become, as I think of it, "unstuck." She deftly combines memory and experience, so the reader never gets lost in time, des...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=228835