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Ah. This woman has a way about her that just rips my heart out. She makes you care about characters you might loathe the guts of in real life. It's little plot and lots of character development and I thought it was wonderful!
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A few weeks ago I watched an interview with J.K Rowling on YouTube and the interviewer said he thought she would have a bit of a rough ride with this novel (he was very right!), and I wanted to see why.
This isn't a book everyone will enjoy, whether you love or loathe it will depend on many things (whether you like to explore less-than-happy worlds within literature & possibly where you sit on the political spectrum amongst others).
It's not fast paced book, time is taken to describe the location ...more
This isn't a book everyone will enjoy, whether you love or loathe it will depend on many things (whether you like to explore less-than-happy worlds within literature & possibly where you sit on the political spectrum amongst others).
It's not fast paced book, time is taken to describe the location ...more
J.K. Rowling's writing style is unmistakeable and a large part of the reason I enjoyed this book - though I do wish she hadn't used so many unnecessary brackets as most of which she put in brackets would have fitted normally into the text. As proven though the Harry Potter novels, she is able to give voices to a great number of characters without feeling like any are lost in the shuffle. However I wish we would have been able to hear from someone in Barry's family as I felt this was what was mis
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I don't know how biased I was in reading this; I wanted, so much, to love J. K. Rowling's more mature offering to the literary world - but honestly, it felt a little...macabre. Almost uneccesarily so, explicit to an extent that felt forced. I did like it, but mostly in the last few chapters, when there seemed to be a stronger plot, when the narratives began colliding...even if the ending was a little unresolved.
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May 19, 2012
Marjolaine
marked it as to-read
Jul 03, 2012
Shannon
marked it as to-read
Oct 03, 2012
Ria
marked it as unfinished
Dec 06, 2012
Lauren
marked it as to-buy
May 14, 2013
Sophia
marked it as to-read
Jun 25, 2013
Hope Graham
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2014
Nina Addante
marked it as to-read
