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This was a 3.5 read for me.
This tale of belonging with heavy doses of moral turpitudes and gothic undertones mesmerizes, entices, and keeps the reader guessing on the secrets and bonds of the Winslow family. Plain and ordinary scholarship student Mabel Dagmar has put as much distance between herself and her Oregon-based dysfunctional family as she can by attending a prestigious East Coast college. Seeming to be invisible to her beautiful blue-blooded roommate Genevra (Ev) Winslow until needed. M ...more
This tale of belonging with heavy doses of moral turpitudes and gothic undertones mesmerizes, entices, and keeps the reader guessing on the secrets and bonds of the Winslow family. Plain and ordinary scholarship student Mabel Dagmar has put as much distance between herself and her Oregon-based dysfunctional family as she can by attending a prestigious East Coast college. Seeming to be invisible to her beautiful blue-blooded roommate Genevra (Ev) Winslow until needed. M ...more
A bad beach book (which is really disappointing!). The plot "twists" of this book are both obvious and improbable. Suicide, rape, Nazis--she fits everything in. The narrator is generic and her realizations are painfully slow. I was not happy to have picked this one for the start of my vacation. Ugh.
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Solid read about an outsider trying to become an insider to a wealthy family. The author stated at the back of the book that she took this concept, which is prevalent throughout literature, and used it to tell the story here.
I guessed the big family secret, which is unusual for me.
That's about it. ...more
I guessed the big family secret, which is unusual for me.
That's about it. ...more
I know it was no great, difficult piece of literature but when I saw some people giving it one or two stars, it made me question my taste. Or my experience of the book. Like: was I not supposed to like it after all? Or: am I really too good for this book? Naah, it was entertaining.
Sometimes you read Tolstoy and sometimes you read this. It's fine either way.
Well I had fun with it.
A fast fast read. ...more
Sometimes you read Tolstoy and sometimes you read this. It's fine either way.
Well I had fun with it.
A fast fast read. ...more
Jun 02, 2014
Jayme Pendergraft
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2014
Tracyene
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Jun 07, 2014
Phoebe
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Sep 26, 2014
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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Feb 13, 2015
Anika
marked it as to-read
Jul 13, 2015
Ann
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