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Great book, I love flow of the writing. ...more
Great book, I love flow of the writing. ...more
Excellent writing, but quite depressing. I finished at about 9:30 last night, and was wishing I had finished about two hours earlier, so as to take a long walk and clear my head before bed. As it was, I slept poorly and woke during the middle of the night, unable to get back to sleep for more than two hours.
Not as depressing as I thought it would be, actually an interesting book.
I wouldn't go as far as life changing as many people have said, but like many books in my Rory Gilmore challenge have been, eye opening. In this case, I learned about both the 60's as a historical period and depression. ...more
I wouldn't go as far as life changing as many people have said, but like many books in my Rory Gilmore challenge have been, eye opening. In this case, I learned about both the 60's as a historical period and depression. ...more
Oh how I feel ashamed for not liking this as much as I thought. But let me say this first : at some level I felt related to the protagonist during the New York days. Some chapters ringed so true in my mind that it was scary. The problem really was the vagueness of the writing. Although I'm a fan of huge descriptions and such I can enjoy some delicate word using, too. In this it just didn't work, don't know why. As I said, the New York part was wonderful. Also, I'm looking forward to reading Plat
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