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I don't know if my appreciation of this should be tempered by the fact I was about three quarters of the way through before I realised I'd read it before (though I think it was many years ago)!
Plot
It is (mostly) set in Long Island in summer of 1922, amongst the young, idle, amoral rich, playing fast and loose with their own lives and indeed, those of others. All very glamorous, self-centred, and shallow, but the possibility of darker things lurking holds interest and tension.
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Even if y ...more
Plot
It is (mostly) set in Long Island in summer of 1922, amongst the young, idle, amoral rich, playing fast and loose with their own lives and indeed, those of others. All very glamorous, self-centred, and shallow, but the possibility of darker things lurking holds interest and tension.
Characters
Even if y ...more
I first read this in High School, and my memory of it was fuzzy and not too positive.
Figured I ought to re-read it, and since the power was out for a few days this week, I did just that.
It's much, much better than I remember it being. But, then, I was maybe 16 years old when I read it the first time. Obviously, the book would mean more to me now than it did then.
Unfortunately, I read the book by candle light while trying to keep three bored little boys from burning the house down, so I feel li ...more
Figured I ought to re-read it, and since the power was out for a few days this week, I did just that.
It's much, much better than I remember it being. But, then, I was maybe 16 years old when I read it the first time. Obviously, the book would mean more to me now than it did then.
Unfortunately, I read the book by candle light while trying to keep three bored little boys from burning the house down, so I feel li ...more
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