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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
Stunning. I just finished this five minutes ago. Taylor does in a handful of pages what other writers can’t accomplish in a thousand. The range of emotions experienced in such a quick read has left me pretty dumbfounded. The fact that this was written in 1938 is even more astonishing. A quick, necessary read.
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
How had I never heard of this ridiculously powerful epistolary novel? So thankful to my friend Peg, who suggested it. The 54-page story consists of 19 letters between two business partners, written over a 16-month period. The New York Times Book Review wasn’t exaggerating when they called this brief novel “perfection itself” after its 1938 publication.
I read the 2001 reprint, which includes a foreword from author Kathrine Kressman Taylor’s son. His entry adds fascinating context.
I read the 2001 reprint, which includes a foreword from author Kathrine Kressman Taylor’s son. His entry adds fascinating context.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I see parallels in American society today.
fast-paced
5 stars
Damn near vicious. Everyone. From the Friend turned Nazi, denying help to a friend in need. To the revenge of essentially tearing apart someone's life through letters. It is still so jarring to me to read about those that changed so quickly and so wholeheartedly into the Nazi movement, without much provocation that anyone can see.
Damn near vicious. Everyone. From the Friend turned Nazi, denying help to a friend in need. To the revenge of essentially tearing apart someone's life through letters. It is still so jarring to me to read about those that changed so quickly and so wholeheartedly into the Nazi movement, without much provocation that anyone can see.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hadn’t read this book since I was a pre-teen, and reading it again as an adult was chilling. So powerful in so few pages, a must read!
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
It’s not often that a short story (as this was originally published) can twist my guts in quite the way this one has. I’d recommend this for any literature class, honestly, as Katherine Kressmann Taylor did a phenomenal job at packing a lot of punch into very few pages.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes