Vicki
Children having children is never good, and some parents will never grow up. This is a book about that and more, well written and engaging, but I didn't learn much. The depiction of claustrophobia in a company town and a racist, inflexible family structure was interesting. All that was missing was religiosity and we'd have us a slice of modern Americana.
This book was hard to enjoy because it stretched so far to check all of the boxes. The Epilogue about did me in. It's not often I grow so disgusted that I spit my coffee!
That being said, and it MUST be said, when there was a believeable storyline, the details were well fleshed out and the writing was tight. It was just sad that it had to reach so far to cover the evils of slavery, woman= good (some exceptions) man=bad (some exceptions), white= bad black=good (no exceptions), non-binary (finally) and sci-fi. Too much!
I got along with this fine until the REALLY BAD, TOTALLY IMPROBABLE rush of an ending. Now all I can say is “whatever.”
After reading the Foreward, I very nearly didn't read the book, though I like history. I am glad I did, as this was both entertaining and edifying. For example, I had no idea that Sicily and Sardinia were seen together as one region of the newly minted Modern Italy. I must admit, I don't understand the importance of the Great Dane, though he is a presence, in one form or another, throughout the book, and the author says he is important, so I guess he must be....
This was my second go at this book and I'm glad I stuck with it, because it was damn good. I really enjoyed it, though I can't say that I entirely understood the meaning the author was trying to convey. Kind of the same as with “The Remains of the Day,” TBH.
Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favorite authors. This book is truly good, hope the movie is as well.
I finished this a couple of evenings ago and am surprised to say that I was a little sad it was done. My complaint about Wolf Hall was that it was very hard to get into because it was written as a sort of medieval stream of consciousness type of thing. This book was not that different in that sense, but the story was tighter. We can give Cromwell a new middle name and that is “whatever Henry wants Henry gets.” I continue to feel sorry for Anne.
Just when you thought you were reading the musings of an aged English Walter Mitty, suddenly you are and there is something more! Wow, just wow.
I liked this one even better than Hello Beautiful. Though the premise is unthinkable, it was handled well and interesting to get in the head of an adolescent male. God knows, however, what the fully developed brains of the pilots were doing!
Loved, loved, loved this. Gave away my whole day to it. Reminded me of P. by Susannah Clarke, but better. Felt the storyline was better developed. I am not often a reader of fantasy, but will keep my eye out for more from this author!
I read this just to see whether or not I was misinterpreting the shittiness of the first book but no I wasn't. I know it's fantasy but who'se?
Oprah this or Oprah that... I really don't care. Bottom line...I would come undone, too, if life threw all of the crap at me that it very unreasonably throws at this unlikely protagonist.
Ugh, I can hardly believe that I am finally done with this excruciating tome! It was exactly a long and medievally convoluted as the other two in the series. Thank God that is over!
I try not to meet anyone on vacation. I lugged around a boring lunk on vacations for far too long. Now I can go and actually SEE the place. This was a fluff piece and an easy read. I really dislike romance novels dressed up by sales sites as something else. I learned exactly nothing from this book.
Ugh, I really have nothing good to say about “Never Here.” It was truly a slog to get through, made zero sense and the plot twists didn't help a thing. I wish I had never read it, frankly.
Really good! I could somewhat identify with Ove. Also with his wife. This was reviewed as an afternoon's read, and that was true. Still good.