I read Flaubert's Parrot and Metroland back in the day, and one of his recent stories came up at the PT Writers' Conference and the session leader recommended this book, so I got it from the library. Eh. It's very competently done, but in the end it didn't engage me. Just because I can identify with...
I think my years as a philosophy student were actually detrimental to my enjoyment of this short novel about life and memory. The stuff that has left other people reeling in amazement reminded me of little more than just another essay on the mind and the way we think, the way we interpret events and...
With the Man Booker longlist of this year being released earlier this week, it feels like good timing to read last years winner; which has to have one of the prettiest covers ever. The Sense of an Ending is a short book, only around 150 pages.The novel takes place entirely in the head of Tony, a mid...
I'm not so sure, looking at it from the age of the younger perspective in the book, I would be totally happy to retire and say that I had an average life with a handful of crushing regrets. Living life by the rules is too underrated, and this book is no help.
This book made me think that I'm a worse person than I think I was. Understanding how a person came about to write the poisonous letter, easily. Being dense about what really happening, I was so lost you couldn't believe how I managed to get out. Rightly guessing the shocking relationship from the m...
The Sense of an Ending- I have read this book twice - second reading was for a book club read. I was glad to have the two readings as once you get to the end of this book the first time you need to re-read the story in order to understand and make "sense of an Ending".Strange! but true.
El libro es corto y con lenguaje simple pero agradable. Sin embargo, me tomó tiempo terminar este libro. Aunque en si el personaje principal no es exactamente el tipo de personaje que me gusta leer, la escencia del libro es interesante. Es acerca de quienes somos vs. quién queremos ser y que hacemos...
Very thought-provoking. One of the rare books were I didn't love the protagonist but I still enjoyed his journey. Made me reflect on my own youth and how my perceptions have changed over time.
Throughout this book, Veronica says, "You just don't get it and you never will" That is how I felt after I read this book. I didn't get it. What was the point? That being said, I didn't really care for it. If it had been longer than 4 discs, I think this would have become a DNF book for me. I ...
How or whether to review. That is the question. For now, I'll just say I'm happy to no longer be a Julian Barnes virgin. This little book is truly deserving of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
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