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morakami's review against another edition
3.0
فيها ملل كنت متوقعها اقوى من هيج كان ممكن يطلع منها تفاصيل واحداث كثيرة
m_klevenberg's review against another edition
3.0
This book sorta snuck up on me. I didn't see the ending coming. The main character was easy to like but sometimes her behaviors had me asking "Why?", but of course it al becomes clear...
jessdonaldson84's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
wendy_cathcart's review against another edition
3.0
I really expected to like this book after reading the description. In fact, my mother read it first and told me it seemed like a book that I would enjoy... and I did, until I got to the end. It was well-written, if a little slow moving, and it kept me wondering what Kitty would learn from the next dream. However, it all fell apart at the end. To be completely truthful, there were some points in the narrative that fell flat or didn't seem authentic or believable. I probably would not recommend this one.
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I had two main problems with the ending.First, I was very disappointed that the Frieda of pretty much the entire book was only nice and a good friend to Kitty because her sub-conscious made her kinder than she was. The other and even bigger problem was that I could not believe that Frieda, as a single woman in the early 60's, went from having no money to even fund moving the bookstore to having capital for six bookstores and an office building in the span of 3 years. No way could that happen.thekatiefu's review against another edition
2.0
In theory, the premise of this book sounded interesting. In practice, it didn't deliver for me. For about the first 75% of the book, it felt like it was going nowhere: just back and forth between the "real world" and the "dream world" just setting the stage without much clear direction. Then the point finally became clear, and it felt like the plot was only taking place in that last 25%; it was a lot at once and felt rushed. I recognize the author left certain explanations unexplained intentionally, but having those questions unanswered felt unsettling and hokey for me. I also believe it was intentional to match the culture of the times (the 1950s and 60s) to the treatment of certain social issues, though that certainly didn't make me feel any better about who those were dealt with. Overall, it left me underwhelmed, kind of bored, and ultimately annoyed.
siren224's review against another edition
3.0
هل يجب أن أكتب مراجعة لكل كتاب؟!
صدمتني الرواية لدرجة لا تسعفني الكلمات
توقعت ان حياة منهما حقيقية وتمنيت أن تكون حياة كيتي
فكرة فقد شخص ما عزيز لدرجة أن عقلك يلاعبك ويخلق لك حياة أخري تكون سعيد فيها فكرة مرعبة
دائما نتمني حياة أخري ونحلم بها في صحونا ولكن هل لو أتيحت لنا تلك الحياة الأخري المثالية سنشعر بالسعادة التي نتوقعها؟ أشك حقا في ذلك
رواية جميلة
تنقلت الكاتبة بسلاسة بين الحياتين
الترجمة سيئة للأسف
أخيرا لا تقل أبدا مستعد أن أخسر أي شيء ليكون لدي كذا
ربما تفجع بتلك الخسارة…..
صدمتني الرواية لدرجة لا تسعفني الكلمات
توقعت ان حياة منهما حقيقية وتمنيت أن تكون حياة كيتي
فكرة فقد شخص ما عزيز لدرجة أن عقلك يلاعبك ويخلق لك حياة أخري تكون سعيد فيها فكرة مرعبة
دائما نتمني حياة أخري ونحلم بها في صحونا ولكن هل لو أتيحت لنا تلك الحياة الأخري المثالية سنشعر بالسعادة التي نتوقعها؟ أشك حقا في ذلك
رواية جميلة
تنقلت الكاتبة بسلاسة بين الحياتين
الترجمة سيئة للأسف
أخيرا لا تقل أبدا مستعد أن أخسر أي شيء ليكون لدي كذا
ربما تفجع بتلك الخسارة…..
dannb's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Interesting... don't quite know how to articulate my "feeling" about it.
1. It's a little too repetitive... I wish authors trusted that their readers can follow the story without them reminding us of what they have already shared... it also makes the story too predictable.
2. Even if it's technically accurate for the time, I found myself wondering too often if it was... for the smallest, essentially insignificant details... (e.g, a brown sweatsuit for a child in 1962... sweatsuits were all gray and only worn by athletes then?) Therefore, I was really distracted... I know, that's a "me issue."
1. It's a little too repetitive... I wish authors trusted that their readers can follow the story without them reminding us of what they have already shared... it also makes the story too predictable.
2. Even if it's technically accurate for the time, I found myself wondering too often if it was... for the smallest, essentially insignificant details... (e.g, a brown sweatsuit for a child in 1962... sweatsuits were all gray and only worn by athletes then?) Therefore, I was really distracted... I know, that's a "me issue."
xhenetaa's review against another edition
5.0
This is a story about a woman who owns a bookshop with her friend Frieda. When sleeping, she finds herself in another world where she is married and has 3 kids. She starts enjoying this world and thinks it is a perfect world, the world she is living in. Slowly, flaws begin to show and she realizes that it actually isn't a really perfect world. Which it makes it more real to me. There are problems happening in the family, changes in her attitude, her distance from her very best friend...and other events that I would very much suggest it to ya'll to read it.
Let's get a bit spoilery!
I linked all this story to defense mechanisms because I think they explain this story very well. 1.Regression, which is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adaptive way. So, I think her parents' death made her go to an early phase in her life even though it wasn't completely the way her life was before and some details were added. I think her parents' death caused her too much stress to handle so she went back to a time when she felt saver, better and a time where her parents were alive. 2.Denial which is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. She refuses to accept this reality and acts as her real life events didn't actually happen and that her mind was making it up.
Sounds confusing but once you read it, it makes sense.
I loved the plot twist very much and was very astonished by it.
Truly, a wonderful read!
Let's get a bit spoilery!
I linked all this story to defense mechanisms because I think they explain this story very well. 1.Regression, which is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adaptive way. So, I think her parents' death made her go to an early phase in her life even though it wasn't completely the way her life was before and some details were added. I think her parents' death caused her too much stress to handle so she went back to a time when she felt saver, better and a time where her parents were alive. 2.Denial which is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. She refuses to accept this reality and acts as her real life events didn't actually happen and that her mind was making it up.
Sounds confusing but once you read it, it makes sense.
I loved the plot twist very much and was very astonished by it.
Truly, a wonderful read!
maryeverettb's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0