Lola's review
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
Lola's review
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Lola's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fiction,
mystery-suspence-thriller
**SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
Another so-so read, i was so excited for this book, especially after all the rave reviews of her first novel. Maybe i should have started with that one. This book is creatively written, Jennifer Egan knows how to draw the reader in immediately by raising their curiosity (and the dark horrible prank Danny pulled in his youth did that for me.)
Her best accomplishment is the narrator's voice and how it weaves the story in and out making you wonder just how he knows so much. At first, the writing style was down right annoying (especially for those who, like me, are punctuation crazy) but once you get into the plot, you understand why and it plays into the essence of the story (this is how i choose to explain those horrendously written first pages). Egan's build of mystery and suspense was great, but lagging at some points and confusing at others -- you don't know what's real, what's imagined, this is fun at first, but then...
I was rooting for this book to ...more
Another so-so read, i was so excited for this book, especially after all the rave reviews of her first novel. Maybe i should have started with that one. This book is creatively written, Jennifer Egan knows how to draw the reader in immediately by raising their curiosity (and the dark horrible prank Danny pulled in his youth did that for me.)
Her best accomplishment is the narrator's voice and how it weaves the story in and out making you wonder just how he knows so much. At first, the writing style was down right annoying (especially for those who, like me, are punctuation crazy) but once you get into the plot, you understand why and it plays into the essence of the story (this is how i choose to explain those horrendously written first pages). Egan's build of mystery and suspense was great, but lagging at some points and confusing at others -- you don't know what's real, what's imagined, this is fun at first, but then...
I was rooting for this book to ...more
