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Hey, the stars are for how much I enjoyed the book, not for how good it is. This is not great literature but the writing is good and it is entertaining.
There are many things about this book that I normally do not like in writing. There is the duel narration, the sections that all start off like a free write in a bad writing class - "I an standing on the corner of the street we lived on when I was a child...," the non-linear flow of things and so on. The book is quite large, there is a certain i ...more
There are many things about this book that I normally do not like in writing. There is the duel narration, the sections that all start off like a free write in a bad writing class - "I an standing on the corner of the street we lived on when I was a child...," the non-linear flow of things and so on. The book is quite large, there is a certain i ...more
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Aug 09, 2017
Geoffrey Nutting
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I noticed some people were having difficulties because of the 'non-linear timeline' of this book. I found it well connected by Clare's linear timeline. I'll have to admit that I didn't pick up on the 1984 event as the day Henry died (until the end of the book). Also, I wasn't sure what to make of Henry's visit to Clare when she was 82, except to conclude that he was 'just checking in on her to say hello' I found all the dates and ages on the scenes useful, just so long as I didn't try too hard t
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Jul 21, 2012
Anne
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really liked it
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Jan 16, 2016
Sarah Granger
marked it as to-read
Apr 09, 2016
Hannah Scifres
marked it as to-read
Feb 03, 2023
Staci Howard
marked it as to-read
