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katrinkirjat's review against another edition
3.0
Luulin tarttuneeni kepeään kesäkirjaan, vaan mitä vielä. Näennäisesti Ehkä rakkaus oli totta on kevyen kupliva ja pehmeää. Nuoruus, rakkaus ja teatteri. Suloista viattomuutta ja naiiviutta. Mutta pinnan alla on synkkyyttä ja kipeitä kohtia. Traumoja lapsuudesta, surullisia kohtaloita ja likaista realismia.
Silti kirja on enemmän lämmin kuin karu. Kirja hymyilyttää ja valvottaa. Se koskettaa ja välillä aika terävästi. Silti lopulta jää ihan hyvä fiilis ja tunne, että jo pian tarina huuhtoutuu mielestä tai sekoittuu muihin. Kirja ei muuta maailmoja, mutta sen lukee mielellään.
3-4 tähteä, täytyy vielä sulatella.
Silti kirja on enemmän lämmin kuin karu. Kirja hymyilyttää ja valvottaa. Se koskettaa ja välillä aika terävästi. Silti lopulta jää ihan hyvä fiilis ja tunne, että jo pian tarina huuhtoutuu mielestä tai sekoittuu muihin. Kirja ei muuta maailmoja, mutta sen lukee mielellään.
3-4 tähteä, täytyy vielä sulatella.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
2.0
This book had such great promise. Artistic types in London in the early 1970s forming a theater group? Sign me up!
Too bad every character was too self-important and dreary. And the book was nearly halfway done before it picked up steam.
Too bad every character was too self-important and dreary. And the book was nearly halfway done before it picked up steam.
nocto's review against another edition
4.0
If I didn't keep track of the books I'd read I would have said I'd really enjoyed Sadie Jones' first two books. As it is I gave them 4 & 3 stars out of 5, so whilst I liked them I didn't have them down as top class at any rate. I couldn't get into [b:The Uninvited Guests|12389865|The Uninvited Guests|Sadie Jones|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333576548s/12389865.jpg|17370885] at all as the supernatural thing just doesn't do it for me (wish I knew why, I don't get on with fantasy or science fiction very well either no matter how much I tell myself all fiction is made up stories anyway!).
Anyway, I found this a very easy book to read, the characters seemed realistic to me, and the situations they put themselves in seemed to match up with their psychology, in that no one was really acting sensibly but they weren't acting at random either. I'm surprised by some of the reviews I've seen saying how predictable and commonplace the story is. Even with a bit of flash-forward at the beginning I didn't know where the story was going. It's a tale of boy doesn't meet girl, but meets another boy and another girl, and another man meets the girl, but then... well something like that, the relationship graph gets a bit complicated. All set in the world of early 1970s start up theatre, which I found pretty interesting to read about.
In the end I thought the book was very well put together and probably the best of Sadie Jones' books so far.
Anyway, I found this a very easy book to read, the characters seemed realistic to me, and the situations they put themselves in seemed to match up with their psychology, in that no one was really acting sensibly but they weren't acting at random either. I'm surprised by some of the reviews I've seen saying how predictable and commonplace the story is. Even with a bit of flash-forward at the beginning I didn't know where the story was going. It's a tale of boy doesn't meet girl, but meets another boy and another girl, and another man meets the girl, but then... well something like that, the relationship graph gets a bit complicated. All set in the world of early 1970s start up theatre, which I found pretty interesting to read about.
In the end I thought the book was very well put together and probably the best of Sadie Jones' books so far.
sungmemoonstruck's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars
Set in London during the 1970's, Fallout follows the young playwright Luke Kanowski as he struggles to perfect his art and falls for the fragile actress Nina Jacobs, who's dominated by both her mother and her producer husband. Luke yearns to free Nina but at what cost to his friendships and his work?
When it comes to the details of the theater world, Fallout is spot-on but it's less insightful when it comes to the relationships between the characters. When the characters are struggling to succeed in the theater world, even the tiniest details ring true and the plot picks up momentum. Jones clearly knows theater and the struggle to create it. However, the moment that the romantic drama started, I could feel my interest begin to wane. It's difficult to understand exactly why Luke is so drawn to Nina or even to sympathize with the remarkably weak Nina at all. All the relationships could be characterized in three words or less and their outcomes were quite predictable.
Recommended for theater fans who don't mind Hollywood endings.
Set in London during the 1970's, Fallout follows the young playwright Luke Kanowski as he struggles to perfect his art and falls for the fragile actress Nina Jacobs, who's dominated by both her mother and her producer husband. Luke yearns to free Nina but at what cost to his friendships and his work?
When it comes to the details of the theater world, Fallout is spot-on but it's less insightful when it comes to the relationships between the characters. When the characters are struggling to succeed in the theater world, even the tiniest details ring true and the plot picks up momentum. Jones clearly knows theater and the struggle to create it. However, the moment that the romantic drama started, I could feel my interest begin to wane. It's difficult to understand exactly why Luke is so drawn to Nina or even to sympathize with the remarkably weak Nina at all. All the relationships could be characterized in three words or less and their outcomes were quite predictable.
Recommended for theater fans who don't mind Hollywood endings.
stephsromancebooktalk's review against another edition
3.0
This book was on the fence for me being a 3.5 stars. I listened to it and it went full circle in the dynamic of the main character Luke. The minor characters I felt a little left off with not gaining complete closure for Paul, Leigh, and Nina. Otherwise, the storyline rose and fell smoothly and I enjoyed it at times, felt frustrated with things that were going on, and was involved with how these four individuals evolved with each other.
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taikaliina's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
the ending was very sudden! (it was a nice ending tho)
lectrice's review against another edition
4.0
A fun read, mostly because of the setting (60s-70s theater world in England), with some in turn infuriating and compelling characters. Light but somehow satisfying.
krismcd59's review against another edition
2.0
Fans who can't get enough backstage dramas will enjoy the theatrical knowingness of this glum romance. Most readers, however, will find the pace too slow, the setting too claustrophobic, and the characters' suffering much too elaborate. Devotees of smoking in fiction, however, will be entranced, because that's mostly what the characters do, aside from talking about plays and having guilty, awkward sex.
jackiethomas's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved this book and find I don't know how to write a review for it. It's the second book I've read by Sadie Jones. I read her first book, The Outcast, at the end of last year and really enjoyed it, so I've been waiting for this one. It's the kind of book I like, it's a love story and its character driven, so I had high hopes. It lived up to them. The writing is beautiful and the characters have stayed with me, even as I read another book straight afterwards.
There are flaws, if you want to look for them. It's not perfect. But I really loved it, to the point I didn't want to finish it, because was afraid of what the ending was going to be. Sometimes its great to read just as a reader, not pick a book to pieces and criticise it, but be drawn into the world of the characters and care about them. Fallout did this for me. My favourite book of the year so far.
There are flaws, if you want to look for them. It's not perfect. But I really loved it, to the point I didn't want to finish it, because was afraid of what the ending was going to be. Sometimes its great to read just as a reader, not pick a book to pieces and criticise it, but be drawn into the world of the characters and care about them. Fallout did this for me. My favourite book of the year so far.
missmesmerized's review against another edition
5.0
Lukasz Kanowski leidet unter der Ende der englischen Kleinstadt, wo sein Vater verzweifelt immer mehr trinkt und seine Mutter in einer Anstalt ist. Die zufällige Begegnung mit Paul, einem angehenden Produzenten, und Leigh, die ebenfalls am Theater arbeitet, führt in ins London der 70er Jahre und in die Welt des Theaters, wo er bald einen großen Erfolg als Autor feiern kann. Immer wieder kann er ganz versinken, wenn er sich seinen Geschichten hingibt, das Leben mit Paul und Leigh völlig vergessen. Doch dann kommt Nina, die ihn völlig einnimmt und ihm den Kopf verdreht. Verheiratet ist die erfolgreiche Schauspielerin allerdings und kann sich nicht wirklich von ihrem brutalen Ehemann lösen. So steuern sie gemeinsam auf das tragische Ende ihres gemeinsamen Stückes hin.
Ein Roman rund um das Londoner Theater vergangener Zeiten angesiedelt. Die Welt der Kunst und der Musen, der harte Kampf ums Überleben und den künstlerischen Durchbruch. Dazwischen viele verlorene Seelen, die Sadie Jones auf sehr poetische Weise zum Leben erweckt. Ihre Protagonisten sind komplex, aufreibend, bisweilen für den Leser in ihrem Handeln nur schwer zu ertragen – aber dadurch umso authentischer in ihrer Zerrissenheit und der Suche nach dem Sinn ihres Daseins. Es wird geliebt, gehasst, gespielt – auf der Bühne wie im Leben. Im Zentrum der junge und geradezu naive Luke, der so viel Chaos aus seinem Elternhaus mit sich rumschleppt, dass er zu echten menschlichen Beziehungen kaum fähig scheint. Besonders sein Verhältnis zu Frauen braucht eine lange Entwicklung bis aus bedeutungslosem Sex, nicht erwiderter Verehrung irgendwann Liebe werden kann.
Dem Zitat der Times auf dem rückseitigen Umschlag möchte ich indes heftig widersprechen: „Jeder Sommer braucht einen Roman, den man an einem Tag verschlingt – ‚Jahre wie diese‘ ist dieser Roman“. Nein, es ist kein netter Roman zum Verschlingen. Er ist schwer, manchmal zu schwer, so dass man das Buch beiseitelegen muss, weil der Schmerz, den die Figuren empfinden beim Lesen auf einen übergeht. Es spricht für die Autorin, diese Emotionen transportieren zu können.
Fazit: ein Roman, der voller Spannungen steckt und diese in einer treffsicheren, begeisternden Art in Worte fassen kann.
Ein Roman rund um das Londoner Theater vergangener Zeiten angesiedelt. Die Welt der Kunst und der Musen, der harte Kampf ums Überleben und den künstlerischen Durchbruch. Dazwischen viele verlorene Seelen, die Sadie Jones auf sehr poetische Weise zum Leben erweckt. Ihre Protagonisten sind komplex, aufreibend, bisweilen für den Leser in ihrem Handeln nur schwer zu ertragen – aber dadurch umso authentischer in ihrer Zerrissenheit und der Suche nach dem Sinn ihres Daseins. Es wird geliebt, gehasst, gespielt – auf der Bühne wie im Leben. Im Zentrum der junge und geradezu naive Luke, der so viel Chaos aus seinem Elternhaus mit sich rumschleppt, dass er zu echten menschlichen Beziehungen kaum fähig scheint. Besonders sein Verhältnis zu Frauen braucht eine lange Entwicklung bis aus bedeutungslosem Sex, nicht erwiderter Verehrung irgendwann Liebe werden kann.
Dem Zitat der Times auf dem rückseitigen Umschlag möchte ich indes heftig widersprechen: „Jeder Sommer braucht einen Roman, den man an einem Tag verschlingt – ‚Jahre wie diese‘ ist dieser Roman“. Nein, es ist kein netter Roman zum Verschlingen. Er ist schwer, manchmal zu schwer, so dass man das Buch beiseitelegen muss, weil der Schmerz, den die Figuren empfinden beim Lesen auf einen übergeht. Es spricht für die Autorin, diese Emotionen transportieren zu können.
Fazit: ein Roman, der voller Spannungen steckt und diese in einer treffsicheren, begeisternden Art in Worte fassen kann.