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Heart wrenching story I couldn’t put down. The characters were well developed.
I’m struggling with my rating for this book. It was very good, but maybe because I read so much hype about it, I’m not feeling like it was quite a 5 star read for me. Very close though.
It’s very impressive for a first novel, that’s for sure. The world of this book is so specific and so clearly drawn that you can see, hear, taste, smell everything. I loved that about it. And the characters are pretty great. You can’t help but feel for Agnes, even as you watch her ruin her own life and the lives ...more
It’s very impressive for a first novel, that’s for sure. The world of this book is so specific and so clearly drawn that you can see, hear, taste, smell everything. I loved that about it. And the characters are pretty great. You can’t help but feel for Agnes, even as you watch her ruin her own life and the lives ...more
A beautiful, moving story about a young boy and his love for his alcoholic mother. I put off reading this novel for a long time. I expected this Booker Prize winner to be grim and depressing, and some parts are, but it’s also gorgeous storytelling with humorous details, wonderful immersion into the 1980s working-class Glasgow setting, and two complex, flawed, and unforgettable characters: the indomitable Agnes and her devoted son Shuggie.
The audiobook is wonderful: the narrator puts his heart a ...more
The audiobook is wonderful: the narrator puts his heart a ...more
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