kaileycool's review against another edition
5.0
Outline for my eventual review:
- communication
- Irma?
- the Wasteland and A Small, Good Thing
- communication
- Irma?
- the Wasteland and A Small, Good Thing
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
5.0
Recommended by Becky K. Check our catalog: http://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Scold%20song%20ullmann__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=pearl
lola425's review against another edition
4.0
Character. plot, tight prose, this book has everything. Is it a suspense/mystery in the traditional sense? No, despite the suspenseful elements. It is simply the story of a family, complexilly told (did I just make up an adverb?)
kristen_howe's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
crimsonpermanentassurance's review
3.0
An odd book: Odd in construction, odd in substance; and however well-written, it left me cold and feeling oddly detached.
berthe33's review against another edition
4.0
Secrets past and present seem to rule this family. It is all in what no one WANTS to talk about, nothing substantive, everythin surface...so like today's families. Ullman's writing is precise, undemonstrative, very like Siri and her family. A great study in family dynamics...and nothing will really change.
letterbetty's review against another edition
2.0
Promising but plot holes and crappy characters ruined it for me.
bgg616's review against another edition
4.0
It seems that all the characters, except maybe the youngest child who is in preschool, is dysfunctional, with secrets. Despite the dark premise, a young woman disappears and isn't found for years, it is a book that I kept reading to find out what these secrets were.
hblene's review against another edition
3.0
Linn Ullmann's skrivemåte <3 En bok som bør leses på norsk. Jeg kan ikke tenke meg at denne er like fin på engelsk.
Veldig nydelig skrevet bok, men...... that's it?
Veldig nydelig skrevet bok, men...... that's it?
msaari's review against another edition
3.0
Aika erikoinen kirja. Tapahtumien pohjana on murha, mutta ei tämä mikään dekkari ole, koska murhaa ei varsinaisesti selvitetä; teoksessa ei näy poliisin poliisia. Sen sijaan tarkastellaan rikkinäistä perhettä, jossa mummo sortuu 20 vuoden kuivan kauden jälkeen ryyppäämään, äiti raataa itsensä tärviölle kahden ravintolan pyörittäjänä, isä on epäonnistunut kirjailija ja uskoton pettäjä ja vanhempi tytär purkaa traumojaan käyttäytymällä koulussa huonosti.
Kaikkiaan aika jännä juttu, rikkinäisten perhekuvausten ystäville. Ei nyt ihan timanttisin teos, mutta sen verran mielenkiintoinen ja kiinnostavalla tavalla häiriintynyt ja vinksallaan, että nappasin Linn Ullmanilta toisenkin kirjan luettavaksi.
Kaikkiaan aika jännä juttu, rikkinäisten perhekuvausten ystäville. Ei nyt ihan timanttisin teos, mutta sen verran mielenkiintoinen ja kiinnostavalla tavalla häiriintynyt ja vinksallaan, että nappasin Linn Ullmanilta toisenkin kirjan luettavaksi.