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What Members Thought
This is a book of two halves. The construction is clever, consisting of a series of notebooks put together after the disappearance of the main character by his secretary, the wonderful Mrs Brown. (For me, she was the most interesting character, which is quite something in a book containing people like Frida Kahlo). The writing style changes to match the age of the character, the notebooks themselves having been kept from when he was very young.
I wondered where Kingsolver was going with the Lacun ...more
I wondered where Kingsolver was going with the Lacun ...more
Took a while to get involved in the story, but when it happened, I was hooked.
beautiful writing, well researched and dense. worth the time, enjoyed it.
Because I loved The Poisonwood Bible so much, I really built this novel up in my head before reading and I was a little disappointed. The first half was interesting, but for me when the scene switches to Ashville, NC the story started to grind. I guess that's the problem with writing such a fantastic book; it's impossible to top, but your readers still expect something just as good. I think I'll read the Poisonwood Bible again.
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I had high hopes for this book because the beginning had me totally engaged. My favorite kind of book sends me off to do my own research about something that happened in history and I flew through the first hundred or so pages. And then he moved to North Carolina and I kind of lost interest.
I take back everything I’ve said about refusing to read any protagonists who are writers. Turns out I’m still willing as long as the book is unique and well done.
This was brilliant.
This was brilliant.
Not sure how I feel about this one--only about 4 chapters in
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