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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Surprised by how much I enjoyed the drama, the gossip and the old lady madness of bringing a hen into the house to replace her dead husband. Actually should not be surprised by my enjoyment at all, sounds right up my street.
Would gladly read more novellas that are just one long telephone conversation which is a bit of a niche but I was a fan of the narrative device.
Would gladly read more novellas that are just one long telephone conversation which is a bit of a niche but I was a fan of the narrative device.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thoroughly enjoyed. Bit too cheeky of an ending for me. I didn't really get into it until about halfway. Very compelling and smart structure. Some really beautiful sentences and observations. Read this while grieving a relationship with a boy who did not appreciate me. Good friend during this heartache. Brought out some anger towards him. I loved this part of the book: "I thought I could hear the clinking of metal, like handcuffs. I went to the bathroom and wiped away what little makeup that was left on my face. I undressed and put on the same old nightie. As I lay under the covers, I felt grief well up inside me. It never left."
dark
emotional
funny
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Who can resist this short novel in which the main character, 66- year-old Nives, unfazed by her husband’s death, replaces him with a new house companion , Giacomina, a hen with a deformed claw. It’s a perfect change and all goes swimmingly until poor Giacomina goes into a hypnotic trance while watching a detergent commercial. What follows is the longest of telephone conversations between Nives and the Vet, an old acquaintance. It’s a conversation that turns out to be the real core of the story