I loved this exhilarating narrative of great beauty. For the patient who enjoy vernacular and humour, full of glorious, hilarious, infuriating dialoguI loved this exhilarating narrative of great beauty. For the patient who enjoy vernacular and humour, full of glorious, hilarious, infuriating dialogues, extended circular explanations. A book of soaring beauty. ...more
Just finished the audiobook and loved it. From the very beginning we can’t help but await reckonning and it comes but it’s far from any cliche. A greaJust finished the audiobook and loved it. From the very beginning we can’t help but await reckonning and it comes but it’s far from any cliche. A great story line and nicely developed characters make it a very absorbing read. It’s a very intimate novel, we live in the protagonists’ heads for a while so we get to understand their logic and their motivation. It’s a novel that literally let’s you walk in another’s shoes. I like that about fiction when it helps the reader develop empathy and better understanding as well as deepen our sensitivity towards the other fellow human beings. ...more
Superb prose writer. I am glad I have picked it up for our book club. Thank you Goodreads reviewers. I have not read any books by Alice McDermott and Superb prose writer. I am glad I have picked it up for our book club. Thank you Goodreads reviewers. I have not read any books by Alice McDermott and I am in complete awe of her writing. Here is somebody who can convey feelings, moods, surroundings in an absolute superb way. This is a masterful prose and a delight to read or in my case to listen to in the form of an audiobook. This is a moody, slow moving, reflective piece of writing told through flashbacks. This writer pokes in human souls....more
Classic Hitchcockian type of suspense with several climaxes along the way. I liked how it is peppered with references to black and white films noir maClassic Hitchcockian type of suspense with several climaxes along the way. I liked how it is peppered with references to black and white films noir main character keeps watching. Very well written, remarkable debut. It is a solid suspensful psychological character driven crime novel and a perfect film material as well as a very realistic study of depression. This is the first audiobook that was ended by questions and answers with the author which was an interesting feature. Ann Marie Lee who narrates the book is superb to listen to....more
librarianka
>
Books:
character-study
(9)
Loading...
