Kitty

Well written, but more action packed than I like. Nonetheless, a very good writer.

A perfect policier. Fast, witty, snarky, cynical yet human.

Stopped reading at 3/4. I did not like ANY of the characters. Horowitz sometimes writes great and sometimes awful.

Howcome I missed this book when it came out? What absolute joy! So witty and charming, such interesting characters, and the feminist theme so lovingly wrapped in story. Elizabeth is a bit of an anachronism, although we have known women who put their career/intellectual pursuits first in the 1950s. The Elizabeth-Mad-Harriet combo is also really good. They all learn from each other - well except daughter Mad, who is perfect from birth ;-)

Its beginning is the best. Of course it loses some steam later on. Regardless, I could not put it down, needing to know its ending. Needing to know how these nice people will fare.

A wonderful fairy tale, with nerdism or autism thrown in but in a good way. Elizabeth turns out to have been right all along - and is helped by mainly women.

As a former rower, that theme was also hilarious.

Weird. Loved the first book I read by Markin, this one is rather boring.

A little unsatisfying. Plot somewhat convoluted and contrived.

Very well written, but the lonelinesses in this book are killing. Thank god it ends well. Like The Unseen World, it is drawn out too long. Too much suffering. The fact I had to keep reading both books nonetheless, where usually I would chuck stories so bleak, goes to show you something.

Great performances on the audiobook by Kirby Heyborne and Keith Szarabajka.

Godalmighty, what a dreary story. Quit at 4/5. Could not be bothered with these flaky characters and their flaky affaires anymore.

Read this years ago, but still think of it every now and then. Superb writer.

Fascinating (crime) story. Well written. Great characterisation. Great plot. A pretty serious book, no humor, but mesmerizing. I don’t think I have ever read anything like it.

I listened to an audiobook. It’s a little hard to get who’s who at first, because of multiple POV’s, but hang in there, after a while it gets better.

A new favorite writer.

Great descriptions of thoughts and feelings that usually stay undescribed. Nostalgic. A very good writer, however, the book moves very slowly. Too slowly. Not my cup of tea normally. Near the last third I started skipping less relevant scenes. The plot is very nice, too. It all works out in a way.

This is a short novel. A mother of the bride - a typical Anne Tyler protagonist: full of doubt but not insecure - rethinks her own marriage and divorce. She is prompted by the unexpected arrival of her ex (plus cat) as a house guest. Laugh out loud funny at times. Warm.

I love this series, that has an autistic young woman as the protagonist - without ever mentioning the word. It is a fairy tale / mystery / love story / feel good series. With lots of humor.

This paticular books ending was a little drawn out, but otherwise it was cleverly constructed. And the last one in the series, I suspect.

I listened to audiobooks, very well performed by Lauren Ambrose.

A little disappointing after The God of the Woods. The story is too drawn out. Lovely characters though. Still a very special writing voice.

Fun, light, well plotted.

Entertaining but also slightly disappointing. In the end I lost interest. This is my first book by Vargas so I withold a final judgement ;-)

A lovely, cozy, feel good village story. Well written. With a nice plot and a cast of warm, well meaning characters. Perfect vacation read. I read her cozies -Dales detective series written under the name of Julia Chapman - first - love them, too.

Weird story, well written. In the end Kerr got me over to his camp - I DID finally share some strange believe with the FBI-agent-turned-priest-for-the-wrong-reasons. That is quite a feat.

Interviews van erg uiteenlopende kwaliteit en lengte. Lee Child zegt als altijd interessante dingen, Donna Leon komt niet uit de verf. Andere auteurs promoten vooral hun laatste boek - zoals Karen Slaughter - of hebben maar een uurtje. Sommige interviews leveren nauwelijks iets op.

Goed geschreven, uitgebreide reportage. Een wat vaag portret van een boekhandelaar in het linkse Wageningen die in de loop van haar leven gaat denken dat ze recht heeft op geld en succes - en die in plaats van de Privedomein titels Ayn Rand gaat lezen. En die valt voor n psychopaat. Veel blijft suggestie uit de tweede hand. De zin van dit boek is.. eh..?

Schelmenroman met enige diepgang. Veel schrijftalent maar onrijp als roman. Zwak plot, onduidelijk thema. Veel geestige beschrijvingen van Nederlands-Marokkaans milieu in de Utrechtse wijk Overvecht. Goede dialogen. Misleidende titel. Kortom: heeft een strengere redacteur nodig.

Enige herkenning. Ergernis over kwalitatieve en nergens gefundeerde uitspraken. Lastig dit soort grabbelton-boeken. Intelligent geschreven maar onduidelijk wat je er aan hebt.

Not up to his usual level. Bad plot.

I love all of his hooks. Mild and entertaining.

Zal wel aan mij liggen - iedereen vindt het fantastisch. Maar ik kom er niet meer in, na het eerste hoofdstuk. En ik kan al die figuren en gebeurtenissen ook al niet uit elkaar houden. Ik geef het op.