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Ann Patchett makes you feel this book intensely. I don't cry easily, but this story had me tearing up more than once. It's not the first time Patchett's writing has made me emotional, as she is a master at writing characters and storylines to grab your heart. I was so invested in the sister and brother protagonists that I had to keep reading to see what their futures held, finally realizing that all I could do was read this book through to the end. Powerful! It's no surprise that it was listed a
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Man, i think i wrote and erased the first sentence of this review 10 times. I really wanted to love this book. It is hard for me to put on to paper what it was that kept me from loving it though. I liked the main characters. Danny and Maeve were a strong pair and one cannot help but give props to the strength that Maeve had in the face of all that happened.
To say they did not have any good motherly role models is an understatement, both their real mother and step-mother were truly disheartening ...more
To say they did not have any good motherly role models is an understatement, both their real mother and step-mother were truly disheartening ...more
This book gets the extra star for the excellent narration of the audiobook by Tom Hanks. This first-person narrative lends itself perfectly to audio format and Hanks gives a convincing and compelling performance as the narrator.
The structure of the book is interesting, jumping about in time and memories as a story of a family unfolds with the house as the centerpiece to the lives of the family members. I loved the characters here--they had vitality and complexity. None of them was perfect, all o ...more
The structure of the book is interesting, jumping about in time and memories as a story of a family unfolds with the house as the centerpiece to the lives of the family members. I loved the characters here--they had vitality and complexity. None of them was perfect, all o ...more
I listened to this one. Lush descriptions, poignant story, I couldn't put it down. Also, Tom Hanks narrates. Nothing to hate.
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I found this one hard to get through. I’m not entirely sure why- I think it was the obsession with the house, though I logically know it symbolized a life they lost. 🤷🏻♀️ I just wasn’t a big fan!
Looking at all the 5 and 4 star reviews on here, I wonder if I had read the same book. I found it, not surpisingly, to be a story of a family, and a house which is really a character in its own right. The siblings at the heart of the story are bound to each other and the house, and are well drawn. However I found the wicked stepmother to be a little too wicked, and the protracted problem with the house and eventual return of a pivotal character to be overdone. So I finished it but it's only 3 st
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The Dutch House is about a pair of siblings and the house that has always loomed large in their life. I listened to the audiobook and Tom Hanks did an excellent job reading this book. Danny and Maeve were characters that I found myself constantly rooting for despite their flaws. The one theme that I took away from the book was the power of forgiveness and how moving forward people that did unforgivable things can later have a positive influence if you allow them to. It was an interesting story t
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Interesting family drama.
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