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Jenny
May 09, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: brain-pain
This book is fascinating and I wanted to be swept away, but despite some masterful insights and vivid descriptions, it lacked power. I found myself comparing Lispecter's writing to Virginia Woolf as I read. Woolf description are magical, you can smell and taste the ripe pear even though she only uses a few words to describe it, in the same way the reader is able to form a mental image of Mrs. Dalloway's green dress. Lispecter does not have Woolf's gift, but she is able to convey all of the compl ...more
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Annette
Mar 17, 2021 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library, books-by-women, gbbw-read, 2021
I am not one for stream-of-consciousness writing. I really made an effort for this book but I didn’t enjoy it. So dark.
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Nancy
Nov 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
t.s. cronenberg
Dec 11, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Kristen
Dec 13, 2015 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
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Fernanda
Mar 15, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Antonomasia
Feb 22, 2017 marked it as varying-degrees-of-interest
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Petre
Jun 18, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Elena
Sep 17, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ebooks, in-translation
Carrie
Apr 01, 2020 marked it as to-read
Chrissie
Jun 09, 2020 marked it as wishlist-f
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Rachel
Jun 30, 2020 marked it as to-read
Gracie T.S.
Jul 05, 2020 marked it as to-read
Heather
Jun 25, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Stefanie
Feb 04, 2023 marked it as to-read
Claudia
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Karen
Dec 23, 2023 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Dinanita
Apr 26, 2024 marked it as to-read
Yair Ben-Zvi
Jun 23, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Lisa
Sep 15, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Christy
Apr 02, 2025 marked it as to-read
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Devon
Aug 21, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jacqueline
Nov 11, 2025 marked it as to-read
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