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Campbell Andrews is on page 160 of 421 of The Great Believers

The grace for others' gifts— this is the first truly interesting idea in this book. But one it seems the author is satisfied to note, not explore.

— May 28, 2019 10:34AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 114 of 421 of The Great Believers

Too many parties, shapeless scenes of socializing. checking one’s phone is not drama

— May 26, 2019 08:53PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 73 of 421 of The Great Believers

I get the mixup about who slept with who, but I find it hard to believe any of these characters gives a damn days later

— May 26, 2019 10:57AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 67 of 421 of The Great Believers

I am not sure Ms. Makkai understands how unreliable Fiona is

— May 26, 2019 10:46AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 64 of 421 of The Great Believers

Typo? It’s not Claire who returned, it’s Fiona

— May 26, 2019 10:40AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 221 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

the reader is God— and now for the inevitable comeuppance

— May 22, 2019 08:28PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 216 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

oh, our narrator’s in a COMA?? what a cheat

— May 22, 2019 08:24PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 210 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

why must the sister be such a c*nt?

— May 22, 2019 08:16PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 193 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

The problem with this section is Edith doesn’t get to be interesting on her own. It’s all waiting for the other shoe to drop

— May 22, 2019 07:25PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 101 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

Inevitably a perspective shift is a problem

— May 22, 2019 04:12PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 93 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

WARNING: perspective shift

— May 22, 2019 02:46PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 93 of 362 of A Ladder to the Sky

— May 22, 2019 07:29AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 60 of 193 of My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)

"I allowed myself into heaven this way."

damn there's more in that sentence than some novels

— May 20, 2019 02:07PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is starting The Natural

been 25 years, one of my touchstones needed to revisit.

also: lol it has a 3.63 star rating 🤣

— May 07, 2019 07:22AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 13 of 384 of The Last Romantics

impertinent details

— May 07, 2019 04:55AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 12 of 384 of The Last Romantics

This child is not yet five, right

— May 07, 2019 04:53AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 12 of 384 of The Last Romantics

oh boy, another upper crust lit major who’s dispensed with all religion at 31

— May 07, 2019 04:52AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 11 of 384 of The Last Romantics

it’s not the suggestion of infidelity—they’re not recommending infidelity. it’s the *suspicion* of infidelity, or the rumor of it. how does this crap make it to print???

— May 07, 2019 04:48AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 10 of 384 of The Last Romantics

this is received prose

— May 07, 2019 04:44AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 10 of 384 of The Last Romantics

a diploma “sat unframed” in a closet. would it sit framed? so it’s just kicking about loosely? so imprecise.

— May 07, 2019 04:43AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 10 of 384 of The Last Romantics

WARNING!

- narrator is an acclaimed poet, are we going to have to accept mediocre-to-bad poetry as great?

- “hopeful” strands of hair

— May 07, 2019 04:39AM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 462 of 496 of Pachinko

Ms. Lee does not know when to end this book

— May 06, 2019 09:02PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 410 of 496 of Pachinko

A character so vital to the narrative disappears for a hundred pages and then “finally dies”

— May 06, 2019 08:31PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 404 of 496 of Pachinko

This is not a good book anymore

— May 06, 2019 08:27PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 395 of 496 of Pachinko

Korean citizenship in Japan is unjust but it is less dramatized here than it needs to be

— May 06, 2019 08:21PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 385 of 496 of Pachinko

It’s too much. Too many turns and revelations. And too many times she’s employed the trick of plainly stating the worst development.

— May 06, 2019 08:13PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 370 of 496 of Pachinko

This is just spinning out with no thread to weave

— May 06, 2019 07:58PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 345 of 496 of Pachinko

Severe misstep. There is not enough intimated about Hansu to warrant such egregious violence.

— May 06, 2019 07:04PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 340 of 496 of Pachinko

The melodrama, it vexes me

— May 06, 2019 06:59PM Add a comment

Campbell Andrews is on page 314 of 496 of Pachinko

There are frequent missteps, but also beautiful passages of kindness and truth

— May 06, 2019 03:46PM Add a comment

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