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Expectation: will love.
Actual evaluation: liked.
Transformation novels are my favs. I’d thought, hoped really, that The Awakening of Miss Prim might rise to the top of my all-time fav book list, but that did not happen for me. The characters, the setting...these were all a little too unlikely, and I couldn’t quite accept them as real. I wasn’t crazy about any of the characters either, and that was a problem.
Then again, it could just be me.
Actual evaluation: liked.
Transformation novels are my favs. I’d thought, hoped really, that The Awakening of Miss Prim might rise to the top of my all-time fav book list, but that did not happen for me. The characters, the setting...these were all a little too unlikely, and I couldn’t quite accept them as real. I wasn’t crazy about any of the characters either, and that was a problem.
Then again, it could just be me.
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What are the odds that I’d find an appealing book written in Spanish, translated into English and set in France all at the right time for #ParisinJuly and Spanish and Portuguese Literature Month??? I was wrong in thinking I had tried this one before. I definitely had the wrong book in mind which was a wonderful discovery. Spanish and Portuguese Literature Month is hosted by blogger Winston’s Dad Blog. He specializes in translated literature–his blog is a treasure trove of literature t ...more
What are the odds that I’d find an appealing book written in Spanish, translated into English and set in France all at the right time for #ParisinJuly and Spanish and Portuguese Literature Month??? I was wrong in thinking I had tried this one before. I definitely had the wrong book in mind which was a wonderful discovery. Spanish and Portuguese Literature Month is hosted by blogger Winston’s Dad Blog. He specializes in translated literature–his blog is a treasure trove of literature t ...more
Aug 09, 2016
Jocelyn
rated it
it was ok
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So far I am not finding this book charming or enchanting or captivating in anyway. The main character of Miss Prim has values and opinions which, the author avows, are set in stone. She is 'that kind of woman', or a 'woman like herself'. And yet her actions betray her. She says she is not a feminist but joins a feminist group, she is against marriage but after only 2 months in town she decides to get married, she NEVER lies but then she lies, she is not a Thomist but in order to marry her employ
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Feb 16, 2017
Stacey
marked it as to-read
Aug 20, 2018
Polly-Alida
marked it as to-read
