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Reason Read: ROOT, Read an author interviewed by The Writer's Library, TIOLI #2.
I have read a previous book by Jennifer Egan which I liked but this one has been on the shelf for awhile so this was an opportunity to finally read it. I have to admit that I did not enjoy this one like I did The Visit From the Goon Squad. Manhattan Beach is an historical novel but it was slow to get going, it had too many characters and it seemed to jump all over the place with the story line. So I fault it on plot ...more
I have read a previous book by Jennifer Egan which I liked but this one has been on the shelf for awhile so this was an opportunity to finally read it. I have to admit that I did not enjoy this one like I did The Visit From the Goon Squad. Manhattan Beach is an historical novel but it was slow to get going, it had too many characters and it seemed to jump all over the place with the story line. So I fault it on plot ...more
Sep 21, 2017
Vickie
marked it as to-read
