What to say about this? I must think about how to word this short review because I'm sure some of my Goodreads friends might enjoy it. A lifelong friend, who lives down the street, said it was the best book he's read in years and "you have to read it." Hope he's not home when I return it because...
The Tiger’s Wife is unlike any book I’ve read. It’s not a fast paced read, quiet the opposite actually, this novel requires patience and appreciation for writing and folklore. Trying to pin-point what the novel is about is difficult task. On one hand, it’s a story about a young doctor who is reminis...
My general disinterest in this book may be because of my own criteria for a "good read." The book must either have interesting characters (preferably at least one character I can identify with/like/root for) or an interesting plot, so that I really do want to know how things will end up. Unfortuna...
The prose in and of itself was lovely but it was so. boring. And I say this as someone who loves reading for language. I can read chapters and chapters where nothing happens so long as I feel that I'm getting to know a character, a situation, or an environment better. This book had things that happe...
A bit slow at first, but the book ended nicely - and not neatly, for a change! A personal story between a woman(-to be) and her grandfather, who told her stories, and taught her, about life and death.
I had great difficulty getting through this book despite its glorious writing. I would give it 2 1/2 stars if possible. There were 4-5 major stories running through the book and the author did the latest fad of jumping from one story to the next. When she resumed one story line, I had to go back ...
I loved this book... It was about so much and the stories were all so beautifully told, compassionate and human. It's the kind of book that, once it was over, I felt compelled to turn back the beginning and read it again.I'm surprised at some of the low ratings. To me, there really is no "main" stor...
I had a bit of trouble getting into this novel. I liked her writing style, but not necessarily the "plot". I use the quotes because it is no means a straight forward plot as the blurb might lead you to think. Natalia is on a medical run to an orphange when she learns that her grandfather died, suppo...
The Tiger's Wife weaves together magical realism with the folklore of the Balkans. The story shifts between Natalia's life and her grandfather's, mostly centered on the events in her grandfather's childhood. I am wondering about the importance of the Tiger's Wife, the namesake of the novel. Is she r...
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