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| Name : | Janeen W. |
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A very popular choice. The book reads like butter. We enjoyed it as much as Crow Lake. Lawson is a master of characterization. She captures time and place with specificity and also with universality.
We loved this book. It was a delightful twist on the unreliable narrator. Indeed, this narrator was absolutely, literally reliable. Much discussion of autism resulted from reading this book. Everyone enjoyed it and was glad that we had selected it.
This book spun off many discussion topics - particularly relating to family life. The central mystery was engaging and the solution of the mystery was surprising and interesting.
We loved this book. The characters were realistic and multi-faceted. The treatment of time and place were marvelous. Many were unable to put the book down!
This book was tied for the favorite book of the year in our book club! Everyone enjoyed it and felt enriched in understanding for having read it.
Tied for our book club's favorite book of the year, this novel was stark and unflinching in its look at the lives of its complex characters. Our discussion was lively and varied!
We loved this book and our discussion of the characters in it. We were surprised that such a realistic depiction of the lives of women could be depicted with such clarity by a male author.
This book won our "best of the year" award! It contained so many issues and aspects that discussion continued for hours! It is ultimately a book of survival and compassion.
Although this book is beautifully written our book club was resistant to its aspects of magical realism. Some of our members absolutely loved the book while others struggled with both style and content.
Although this book is well-written, many of our members are facing their own battles with cancer consequently the book was too difficult for them to read and/or discuss. I would suggest that book clubs proceed with caution.
Although some loved this book, others found it a struggle. Some felt that it would be of more interest to men. The discussion was lively with both points of view holding their ground!
This book didn't engage many of our readers. They felt that it was too complex and convoluted and that the characters didn't engage or sustain their interest.
Although all members enjoyed these books, some felt that they were rather light. The time period was beautifully depicted and the characters were compelling, but the books didn't address many underlying issues for discussion.
Most members loved this book. Many chose it to be the best of the books we read this year. It takes an ordinary day and makes it extraordinary in many ways. The characters are realistic and engaging. The action results from characterization. A very neat and tidy read!
This book is about a neat plot. The main characters are unlovely which makes the plot fun rather than tragic. Some members found that they weren't able to attach to the plot because they weren't able to like the characters. Others found it a knee-slapping good twisty, dark journey into irony.
Although everyone enjoyed reading this book, we didn't have many issues to discuss at our meeting. It is a time and place beautifully depicted with many interesting aspects of the struggles and restrictions of the lives of the characters. Some reservation was expressed about how much of the story was based in truth, how much was based in reality, and how much was merely a fictional filling in of the blanks.
This is a fabulous book. We enjoyed the balanced, poetic, capable depiction of people and events surrounding this moment in history. Great fodder for discussion. We recommend this book highly to any book club or any reader. Exquisite!
Major Pettigrew would feel at home in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. This is a book that warms the heart with its generous spirit and gentle warmth.
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