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Ugh. So did not like. No six year old expresses themselves like any of the four narrators in this novel and the use of the congenital birthmark as a symbol of inherited behavior was offensive.
I almost gave up on this book while reading the first section. The main character is a spoiled, horrid -- perhaps sociopathic -- 6 year old with an insufferable mother. I'm glad I stuck with it because the sections that followed, telling the stories of his father, grandmother, and great-grandmother as 6-year-olds, were very absorbing.
The end seemed a little abrupt and left me with some questions, including the head-scratcher of why on earth his grandmother and great-grandmothers doted on the aw ...more
The end seemed a little abrupt and left me with some questions, including the head-scratcher of why on earth his grandmother and great-grandmothers doted on the aw ...more
Odd, disturbing, confusing...and possibly one of the worst endings...ever!
Oct 31, 2008
Pam
marked it as to-read
Jun 22, 2009
Bette
marked it as to-read
Jun 22, 2010
Zack
marked it as to-read
