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What was your favorite book of 2013?
By Amara , Group Creator · 12 posts · 41 views
By Amara , Group Creator · 12 posts · 41 views
last updated Jan 11, 2014 08:51PM
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I am finding this a tough book to rate and review.
The plot is long and at times very tedious. Tartt can create sentences that run on for most of a page. That is the bad part of the book.
But her characters - she brings them to life. Theo and his mother came alive for me. Theo's father, Xandra and Boris were all characters that gave me the shudders. They were all too real and all too much of bad influences.
I kept thinking Tartt could tell this same story in a much better way, a way that streaml ...more
The plot is long and at times very tedious. Tartt can create sentences that run on for most of a page. That is the bad part of the book.
But her characters - she brings them to life. Theo and his mother came alive for me. Theo's father, Xandra and Boris were all characters that gave me the shudders. They were all too real and all too much of bad influences.
I kept thinking Tartt could tell this same story in a much better way, a way that streaml ...more
It was darn near perfect. Did not expect to read a 700+ page book in less than 3 weeks, but I guess it's possible when the story is this good. Take that George R.R. Martin!
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I enjoyed this - but feel it could badly have used an editor, as much of it was excessive and did not add anything in particular to the story.
It was very long, but I really liked it.
Mar 22, 2014
Meaghan
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Graham Williams
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Jennifer
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Francielle De Oliveira
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Cassandra Ramos
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Elizabeth Stultz
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