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I couldn’t wait to read The Tiger’s Wife. I’d read a thousand rave reviews on a thousand blogs and I knew it was going to be the best book of the year. I knew that Tea Obreht had been invited to speak in Houston this coming spring and I knew that was because her book was the best book of the year.
It was a good story, with interesting twists and turns in the plot that keep one reading along and with enough intelligence to hook the better readers. The elements of magic realism in this book had en ...more
It was a good story, with interesting twists and turns in the plot that keep one reading along and with enough intelligence to hook the better readers. The elements of magic realism in this book had en ...more
I selected this book for my book club and I have to ask - was this really one of time magazine's top 10 books of the 2011? Also, this book has received many many awards so I was expecting a timeless classic.
I found this book had too many subjects and if you were to ask me what this was about - I really couldn't put a definitive answer to that question.
There was Natalia, her grandfather, the grandfather's silence, the war in Balkan, the deathless man, the tiger's wife, Luka, Luka's past, the bear ...more
I found this book had too many subjects and if you were to ask me what this was about - I really couldn't put a definitive answer to that question.
There was Natalia, her grandfather, the grandfather's silence, the war in Balkan, the deathless man, the tiger's wife, Luka, Luka's past, the bear ...more
I would give this somewhere between a 3 and 4. Obreht does a stellar job of with the fluidity of blending the fables and folklore with the contemporary storyline. She makes the writing seem so effortless that it is easy to overlook how talented she is. My favorite aspects were the (1) folklore of the Deathless Man, the Tiger's Wife, the Bear Hunter (2) her description of a unified country that became divided and how this rippled through their lives causing them to choose allegiances where none w
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Jan 20, 2012
Lisa of Hopewell
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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Throwing this mess back...not bothering to finish it.
hhhmmmmmmm from doctor's to-not-able-to-die to mentions of vampires........might be throwing this back............ We'll see. ...more
hhhmmmmmmm from doctor's to-not-able-to-die to mentions of vampires........might be throwing this back............ We'll see. ...more
enjoyed the folk stories that were made a part of this story. I am not sure that I am satisfied with the story of the grandfather being told to completion, but that is just personal preference. I need to learn more about the history of the Baltic area and how the wars there have continued for so long. this book also made me want to visit that area.
Feb 20, 2013
Annie
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really liked it
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