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Not exactly my cup of tea. I did like the ending but don't believe Nora could stay forever away. She's just too naive and stupid for that.
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This wasn't at all what I expected, and I confess I was pleasantly surprised by the ending.
First of all, I thought I had read this, but clearly I had it confused with another book. Second of all, I had Nora pegged as a twit (I was basically silently screaming at her: just tell him everything and get it over with! for most of the play), Christine as a meddling ass, and Torvald as a pompous idiot. I do not believe it is a spoiler to say this: I had them all wrong. (Well, maybe I wasn't so wrong ab ...more
First of all, I thought I had read this, but clearly I had it confused with another book. Second of all, I had Nora pegged as a twit (I was basically silently screaming at her: just tell him everything and get it over with! for most of the play), Christine as a meddling ass, and Torvald as a pompous idiot. I do not believe it is a spoiler to say this: I had them all wrong. (Well, maybe I wasn't so wrong ab ...more


