From the Bookshelf of Pick-a-Shelf…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I had expected to read more about the charismatic professor but he hardly graced the pages. Other than Henry, none of the kids were overly eccentric or intelligent. I was disappointed, over all, in the book. I think I was in suspense, up until the end, only because I was expecting something else, all together.
Jan 18, 2011
Dionisia
rated it
liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
literary-fiction,
psychological-fiction,
suspense,
fiction,
north-america,
donated,
ku-book-club,
namesake
Some hot mess people do a hot mess thing and get away with it. (view spoiler) Complete and utter dysfunction. Mad Men levels of booze. No responsible adults within range.
The majority of readers in my local book club fell in love with this book. Fell so hard. I was an outlier. To me, reading this book was like slogging through a beautiful sea of unlikable characters. ...more
The majority of readers in my local book club fell in love with this book. Fell so hard. I was an outlier. To me, reading this book was like slogging through a beautiful sea of unlikable characters. ...more
Nov 26, 2009
Atishay
marked it as to-read
Mar 02, 2010
GracieKat
marked it as to-read
Apr 03, 2010
Britt Lovelady
marked it as to-read
May 11, 2010
Kristy
marked it as to-read
Jul 05, 2010
Nicki
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary,
bbc-100
Jul 22, 2011
Sue
marked it as to-read
Sep 13, 2013
Lyn (Readinghearts)
marked it as catch-up
Nov 07, 2013
Katie (novel_stitcher)
marked it as to-read
Sep 13, 2014
Areti
marked it as to-read
Jun 26, 2015
Lindsay
marked it as to-read
Oct 03, 2015
Michelle
marked it as to-read
Sep 26, 2017
Raelynn
added it
Mar 27, 2019
Minttu
marked it as to-read
Aug 05, 2023
Jennie
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2019-reading-challenge
