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giulieta's review against another edition
Reality for a family that i didn't want to worry about
sarah_rixy's review against another edition
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
carlyque's review
4.0
Guess if you're up in the dead of night this is a good book to be in. FInished same way--really like her voice and characterizations--seem hard but true.
nferre's review against another edition
1.0
This was just awful. I loved her first novel, Brick Lane, but quite honestly, I just didn't care about the characters of this one. I found it disjointed, I lost sight of the plot - actually there really wasn't one, and in the end after the first 100 pages where I kept trying to figure it out, I just read it to finish it for my SIY challenge. Otherwise I would have dropped it at page 101.
bastiaanvjdg's review against another edition
2.0
Not a bad book, but not my cup of tea. Did enjoy the innkeeper deciding wether to eat a piece of cake for ten pages, and the couple getting two different existential crisises after visiting a skull-and-bones-chapel.
ssohn's review against another edition
3.0
I need to have a discussion about this book: was it a novel? was there a climax really? was it more a fictional ethnography? HUH?
beekaycee's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
sas408's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't like this book very much. I thought it was very well written but not at all engaging. I read elsewhere that this was an interesting portrayal of life in a small Portuguese village. Maybe I'm too much of a city gal but I did not find it at all interesting.
3wilcotroad's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0