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tmeysenburg's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. It was so satisfying to read about all these relationships that sounded just like the ones I have or have known. It should also be noted that this is not the typical book I pick up. There are no swords or lasers in it, (sorry for the spoiler.) Just characters that I cared about making real life choices about how and who to spend their life with.
nixieknox's review against another edition
3.0
I cried twice while I read this book and not even at the end! (The end was too much for squeamish me.) although the sensitivity got to be a little much at times - for example, I get it: the Midwest is a peaceful, relaxing place.
However, I loved Ronnie. LOVED HIM. Also Lucy and Eddy. They balanced out some of the sanctimony of Beth and Henry.
A pretty quick read, totally worth it.
However, I loved Ronnie. LOVED HIM. Also Lucy and Eddy. They balanced out some of the sanctimony of Beth and Henry.
A pretty quick read, totally worth it.
pino_sabatelli's review against another edition
4.0
Con una polifonia di voci, che gli consente di utilizzare spesso scene doppie, Butler costruisce una storia che sostanzialmente ci parla dell’ambiguità che connota i rapporti umani e dell’ambivalenza sottesa ai concetti di “verità” e “sincerità”: bellissimi in astratto, ma spesso devastanti quando vengano praticati, e lo fa con uno stile asciutto ed essenziale. È una storia in cui mi pare di poter riconoscere due centri di gravità: uno fisico ed uno emotivo. Il primo è ovviamente rappresentato da Little Wing. Il secondo da Beth, protagonista assoluta del romanzo assieme a Lee e ad Henry. Lee è da sempre innamorato di Beth, che gli ha anche ispirato il disco che lo ha portato al successo, Shotgun Lovesongs (“Quelle canzoni d’amore. Le ho scritte tutte per Beth”). Henry è l’uomo che ha scelto come compagno di vita.
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condorsalfin's review against another edition
5.0
This book is pure Americana. It is an immersive tale of a rural Wisconsin town, friendship, and love.
jimmyglother's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
kathrynhd's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the writing style and the characters. But I felt like there was no real plot. If someone asked me to summarize the whole book, I wouldn't be able to tell much in terms of plot progression. It wasn't bad and I enjoyed reading. I just didn't feel that emotion of reading the ending a great novel.
krislarsc's review against another edition
5.0
The author so perfectly captures the milieu of rural Wisconsin that I felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me - of the dice games and cribbage, of those dark, dusty neighbourhood bars and those god awful snacks on display behind the bar, of supper clubs, brandy old fashioneds and Patsy Cline, of bonfires and renovated old mills, of tiny Lutheran churches in the middle of nowhere, of hunkering down and being enveloped in the winter's stillness, and of a feeling of being attached to the land. Of a place where family and friends are everything, and people grow up and grow old together. This novel was such a unique, cathartic read. Thank you, and thank you for featuring my hometown on the cover :)