From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I went back and forth between giving this book two and four stars and finally landed on four because I think it achieved what it was trying to do. It was a novel of true obsession and I would argue that passion was never really found.
This is a novel of lust and obsession, with war, gambling, sex and Napoleon as the major players. There are two narrators who are there to tell the story. Some may disagree with me on this point, but I think the real main characters in this book are the items I lis ...more
This is a novel of lust and obsession, with war, gambling, sex and Napoleon as the major players. There are two narrators who are there to tell the story. Some may disagree with me on this point, but I think the real main characters in this book are the items I lis ...more
Between fear... and sex... is the passion! Cheesy aphorisms like this are rampant throughout The Passion and for the most part, against all odds, they seem to work. I'm still not sure how I feel about this kind of magical realism, but this was unlike anything I've read before. At times I was amazed, at others I rolled my eyes. Overall though, an incredibly imaginative book.
...more
Whoa--my introduction to Jeanette Winterson. It's amazing what she can do in less than 200 pages.
...more
I don't remember it well enough to rate it.
...more
Dec 23, 2011
Lindsay
marked it as to-read
Jan 17, 2013
Dana Arbelaez
marked it as to-read
Sep 11, 2013
Lillawa
marked it as to-read
Jul 13, 2014
Laura
marked it as to-read
Jan 12, 2015
Scott Flicker
marked it as to-read
Aug 17, 2016
Terri FL
marked it as to-read
Nov 01, 2017
Soelo
marked it as to-read
Oct 09, 2019
Janet
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2021
Ann
marked it as to-read
Jul 10, 2022
Kathy Jo
marked it as to-read
Feb 15, 2024
Tracyene
marked it as to-read
