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avg rating 3.80
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date pub edition Aug 13, 2002
Marie's rating my rating review When choosing a book for the library discussion group, I was offered a list from a particular program the library uses. There really weren't many opti...more When choosing a book for the library discussion group, I was offered a list from a particular program the library uses. There really weren't many options, and none of the those I'd actually read before would be worth talking about.
But Bee Season had a compelling enough concept that I chose it despite only so-so reviews here on GR. Because at least people had found enough to talk about. And my group did talk about it. We talked lots about how it failed.
To be clear, we all agreed that it wasn't a bad book, just a badly-executed one. There's something almost dishonest in the construction and manipulation of the characters, and the twist at the end failed for everyone, because of lack of setup and in the character type as portrayed. Goldberg clearly had something to say: likely about the pressure of academic success on children and father/daughter relationships. You could care about Eliza, and Saul was an interesting, but static, character study.
The trip and fall near the end into the metaphysical wasn't really supported by the earlier plot, and again, the twist really only distracted from what the story had, up until then, been about. It's a build up of Eliza and her mother's story wasn't every really there, and didn't mean anything. And again, no one really changes in this book, though it seems intended as a character-driven work, the characters aren't enough to carry that description.
If this one is already on your list for whatever reason, you may as well read it. But if your list is long and you're thinking of adding another, skip. You may as well use the time to read something really worth it.(less)
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avg rating 4.04
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 111
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date pub 1954
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222
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avg rating 3.37
num ratings 128
date pub Jan 01, 2011
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avg rating 3.36
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date pub Jan 01, 2010
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avg rating 4.46
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date pub Dec 01, 2009
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avg rating 3.45
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date pub May 29, 2007
date pub edition Aug 10, 2010
Marie's rating my rating review Okay, so this wasn't a great work of "Literature", but it was so much fun!
Can't remember why, exactly, I checked it out, becaus...more Okay, so this wasn't a great work of "Literature", but it was so much fun!
Can't remember why, exactly, I checked it out, because quite honestly I'm not a fan of most of the Jane Austen-obsessed women of many contemporary chic-lit romances, but I did just read Hale's Princess Academy which was fantastic, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that she can pull of a contemporary adult romance as well.
Now, I was concerned right at the beginning when the main character says she loved all of Austen's novels except Northanger Abbey —but then again, when I think about it, that's practically a plot point (if you know Austen, and know how these romances tend to work, you may guess what point Hale's making). As for myself, I can only work up a cackling joy Murder at Mansfield Park . Must. Have.
Anyway.
Jane (the character) is great fun: warm and friendly, semi-aware of her issues but just not quite able to overcome her obsession with fantasy Darcy/Firth. She even got me laughing aloud several times, and finished it in one night. Even if you don't much like romances, I think you can read this: just pay attention to all the clever parallels Hale pulls over to Austen's own work. A great homage. (less)
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avg rating 3.91
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avg rating 4.11
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avg rating 3.03
num ratings 234
date pub Nov 23, 2009
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avg rating 4.19
num ratings 5,484
date pub 1904
date pub edition Oct 28, 1993
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avg rating 4.01
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date pub 1887
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avg rating 4.28
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date pub 1892
date pub edition Oct 28, 1993
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avg rating 4.18
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date pub Oct 14, 1892
date pub edition Oct 22, 1998
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avg rating 3.81
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avg rating 4.08
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avg rating 3.86
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avg rating 3.99
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date pub 1969
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avg rating 4.10
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avg rating 3.97
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date pub edition Jul 26, 2005
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avg rating 4.18
num ratings 11,182
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