I enjoyed reading this novel while I was reading it, but in retrospect, I thought about the storyline again and some parts just didn't seem right to me... One thing were Rosie's parents, who didn't give a damn about what the implications for their own "human daughter's" development would be, if they...
I never knew when I picked this book up that the identity of Fern was supposed to be a "twist" -- the review I read that piqued my interest gave it away, and that's what made me want to read the book. Ironically, I probably would not have picked it up had I not known the "twist" beforehand!But I am ...
I'm not sure what to think of this book... It was okay. It irritated the shit out of me with it's big pretentious words that even my kindle dictionary couldn't help! The narrative style reminds me of someone I know who likes being "mysterious" and only manages to be irritating... she takes forever t...
When I started reading this book about a family member, Fern, who has evidently gone missing or died, I really liked how it didn’t start with how she had disappeared or when. The narrator, Rosemary, is Fern’s sister and she begins the story half-way through (running us through events that happen aft...
This book left me with mixed feelings. I did guess the 'reveal' about twenty pages before it was divulged, but that's probably because I've read some of the non fiction books on the subject. I don't want to add more to spoil this for anyone else. But I found the rationale for writing the story hard ...
I live under a rock. I do. Otherwise, I would have probably known what the big twist in this book was all about. But I didn't, and that was ok. However, even not knowing that there even is a twist didn't help me enjoy the book more than I did, and here is why: The beginning of the story was awes...
"I'm a pretty good climber, for a girl." Piss off. You're a woman. The sarcastic title is hopefully a joke. I was certainly besides myself with mirth and joy and pleasure. Certainly.
Before starting this book I was already aware of the big twist in the story, having read a spoiler in a review by accident. I'm not sure if my experience would've been enhanced had I not known about it beforehand, but nonetheless I did enjoy this thought-provoking book, which has many more twists in...
Loved this book. Thankfully, I did not realize that Fowler had also written the Austen Book Club, a novel that I thought was banal and did not do Austen justice in so many ways. But I am digressing. Other critics have found fault in the narrator seeming "off" - I thought that was a strength of t...
This is a remarkable, original, ambitious book, that succeeds in being readable, truthful (mostly) and intellectually challenging without once sounding pretentious or too clever for its own good. It is not a conventional novel in its approach to narrative. It starts in the middle or, at least, i...
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