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Okaaaay. No, it's not okay! It's insane and depression-inducing. And it totally wasn't 'it' for me. I wasn't in the mood for being any further depressed, thank you very much not! But, well, I got in for this ride and I can't blame anyone (other than my roving eyes & unstructured reading habits) for me reading it.
And they say Dostoyevsky's miserable! Frankly, this isn't a far cry from him concerning inducing depression!
Basically, it's the great-grandmother of The Glass Castle but without all the ...more
And they say Dostoyevsky's miserable! Frankly, this isn't a far cry from him concerning inducing depression!
Basically, it's the great-grandmother of The Glass Castle but without all the ...more
For years, I resisted reading this book because I had the impression that it would be a sappy, self-pitying book. But because so many of the people in my Goodreads classics group loved this book, and I trust their judgment, I decided to give it a try. I'm so glad I did.
Yes, the story deals with tragic people surviving and living in a tragic environment (Brooklyn, New York in the early 1900s). But the book is also about courage, indomitable will, endurance, love and strong family ties. It is abou ...more
Yes, the story deals with tragic people surviving and living in a tragic environment (Brooklyn, New York in the early 1900s). But the book is also about courage, indomitable will, endurance, love and strong family ties. It is abou ...more
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