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AUTHOR Lippman, Laura
TITLE Life Sentences
DATE READ 11/10/19
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2009/Harper Audio/9 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Re ads 2019 Reading Goal 167/111;
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TIME/PLACE 2008/Baltimore, MD
CHARACTERS Cassandra Fellows/author
COMMENTS Cassandra Fellows is a successful author receiving acclaim for her memoirs. She has branched out and written a fiction book, not as well received…now she wants to return to her memoir format b ...more
TITLE Life Sentences
DATE READ 11/10/19
RATING 4/B
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2009/Harper Audio/9 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Re ads 2019 Reading Goal 167/111;
GROUP READ
TIME/PLACE 2008/Baltimore, MD
CHARACTERS Cassandra Fellows/author
COMMENTS Cassandra Fellows is a successful author receiving acclaim for her memoirs. She has branched out and written a fiction book, not as well received…now she wants to return to her memoir format b ...more
I always enjoy her stand-alones less than I enjoy her Tess Monaghan novels, and this was no exception. It was compelling enough -- kept me turning the pages -- but the ultimate resolution felt rushed, flat and contrived, and I didn't really buy it as a choice the main character would have made, at least not from the background Lippman gave us. Glad I read it, but it wasn't all that great.
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Not quite as powerful as some of her other standalone work due to its heavy character development before the plot really swings into action, but raises some interesting questions about how well we can really tell our own life stories when we're so embroiled in them.
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