Arcadia
by:
Lauren Groff (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780434019625 (0434019623)
Publish date: April 5th 2012
Publisher: William Heinemann
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Some books just begged to be discussed with others. For this very reason, I began a book club… and then started another one. But you still can’t always anticipate what is going to be a conversation-starting read, you can’t dominate reading groups with the suggestions of a single person, and you can’...
This is another one of those uncle hand-me-downs that I got over the summer and this book came out of left field and smacked me in the face. I loved it! I started this book without even reading the summary and was amazed when I found myself genuinely connecting with characters and the story. A story...
Very good but I wish the last part had been as strong as the first part.Buy this title at Powells Books.
Very good but I wish the last part had been as strong as the first part.Buy this title at Powells Books.
She tries hard does Ms Groff, but perhaps a little too hard. I'm always wary when dustjacket reviews rave about 'luminous prose'. Oh oh - the plot stinks.Well, yes it does. And Groff's prose, although very beautiful here and there, appears untrimmed by the shears of an editor and therefore runs wild...
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