In her latest novel, the author of Another You combines intensely realistic description and an effortless command of mood to examine the tre...
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Dec 27, 2011
Jennifer
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Imagine that you are bored and vaguely shattered - are you there yet? good. add to this that you can concentrate just enough to read something clear and realist, without the flare of jarring neo or magic realism. There you have it in a nutshell. It is Ann Beattie time. You might want to read a thick library book such as this one here. I think in the 90s a book of her short stories got me through a day or two of a tiresome Writers Colony - the caretaker relentlessly commented on my late wake up t
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Nov 26, 2010
Kristy
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This book would have been more fun to read if it was bad. Instead it was just boring, full of frustrating detail and repetitions about the life of a not particularly sympathetic protagonist and her friendship/obsession with a local actress. Jean had a rough childhood and married early into a relationship that wasn't working well, so when she meets the charismatic Dara Falcon she is flattered and energized by their friendship. Sadly Beattie never makes the relationship between the two women plaus
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Jun 02, 2008
Shannon
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I read this about 8 years ago and so have lost the details but I definitely remember the general storyline and I quite liked it then.
I feel equally pulled to books that show me a new perspective/educate me and those that are a reflection of my experiences. Anne Beattie does the latter. As a white middle-class woman who was raised by a white middle-class woman, I find her stories pretty relatable.
I must disclose that I am incredibly drawn to books about complicated, frust More...
I feel equally pulled to books that show me a new perspective/educate me and those that are a reflection of my experiences. Anne Beattie does the latter. As a white middle-class woman who was raised by a white middle-class woman, I find her stories pretty relatable.
I must disclose that I am incredibly drawn to books about complicated, frust More...
May 23, 2010
Julia
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I'm not entirely sure why I felt compelled to finish this book. It ended up feeling like a self-indulgent late-night dorm room conversation about the girl everyone wants as a friend but then ends up hating.
Dec 09, 2007
Grant
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the few stories i've read of her i liked a lot. so when i bought this i was expecting a good read. it was a real let down. i didn't care about the characters, especially the protagonist, i have a lot of reviews that say this, but this is yet another novel i think should have been a short story. when i finished it, i thought "was that it?" as if she couldn't have come to that conlusion in 50 pages.
May 29, 2008
Sarah
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Awful. The only reason I finished this was because I was on a trip and I was stranded with only this option. There were a few lines that spoke to me, and the rest drove me BONKERS. NOT RECOMMENDED.
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