The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by:
Aimee Bender (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: 8430473
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 294
A 3.5 star review.I hardly know what to make of this book. There isn't much plot and certainly not many resolutions. It's even heartbreakingly depressing at times. I don't think I'm likely to ever reread it... yet I'd still claim to have liked it. It's fascinating and I loved the writing style, even...
I'm not sure about this book, I didn't enjoy it but I didn't dislike it.
Will try not to spoil too much of the book, but as the blurb states: this is the story of a girl who suddenly develops the ability to detect emotions in the food she eats. Like others who have reviewed the book here, I felt the author didn't give Rose, the protagonist, much to do with this gift. It ...
This seems to be a book one either loves or dislikes. I disliked it. And may I say, it was strange. I like magical realism and fantasy and science fiction...this didn't really fit in any one of those categories. Controlled chaos, perhaps. And I'm not even sure about the controlled part. This was a b...