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ameserole's review against another edition
2.0
Mothering Sunday was filled with so much repetitiveness.
In it, you meet a guy and girl who just did the deed. Once the guy leaves, our girl starts to think about a lot of things. One of them is being naked and walking around the house. The other is about the semen on the bed sheet. Both of these things are something I would probably never think about. Mostly because I wouldn't be walking around a guys house naked after he left.
Nope, I probably would've got dressed and walked out. Maybe thinking about food and going to eat something. Now that's the normal thing - being hungry after this. Maybe even sleepy.
You'd think that things would get a bit more interesting but no, the first half is just her thinking about things. I'm not going to lie, I really wanted to skim through the first half because I just didn't care about what she was thinking or seeing. All I wanted was for her to walk out of this house. It just felt super weird and I'm just like.. can we do something else? The day is young. Go eat.
In the end, I am just super happy that the book is over. I couldn't get invested in the characters because they just annoyed me.
In it, you meet a guy and girl who just did the deed. Once the guy leaves, our girl starts to think about a lot of things. One of them is being naked and walking around the house. The other is about the semen on the bed sheet. Both of these things are something I would probably never think about. Mostly because I wouldn't be walking around a guys house naked after he left.
Nope, I probably would've got dressed and walked out. Maybe thinking about food and going to eat something. Now that's the normal thing - being hungry after this. Maybe even sleepy.
You'd think that things would get a bit more interesting but no, the first half is just her thinking about things. I'm not going to lie, I really wanted to skim through the first half because I just didn't care about what she was thinking or seeing. All I wanted was for her to walk out of this house. It just felt super weird and I'm just like.. can we do something else? The day is young. Go eat.
In the end, I am just super happy that the book is over. I couldn't get invested in the characters because they just annoyed me.
krobart's review against another edition
4.0
See my review here:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/review-1394-mothering-sunday/
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/review-1394-mothering-sunday/
helene_summers's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
greybeard49's review against another edition
5.0
Graham Swift is one of my favourite authors, a brilliant writer. This book does not disappoint. It is superbly put together and the prose is amazing. He condenses so much into 132 pages.
Centred around the events that occur on one day, 'Mothering Sunday' in 1924, it fans out wonderfully to encapsulate so much more as Swift pulls you along in a constantly surprising yet moving way.
Read this book and you will not be disappointed.
Centred around the events that occur on one day, 'Mothering Sunday' in 1924, it fans out wonderfully to encapsulate so much more as Swift pulls you along in a constantly surprising yet moving way.
Read this book and you will not be disappointed.
nejtack's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kaaatherin3's review against another edition
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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? No
4.5
liseandthebooks's review against another edition
reflective
slow-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
4.5
annemariep68's review against another edition
3.0
I read this because I had seen the new movie version at the Calgary International Film Fest and I already had a copy on my tbr pile! It was a written in an interesting style with no chapters just breaks in thought. I liked the way it slipped between the events of that Mothering Sunday and the times that narrator looked back on it and through another lens. The story evolves slowly but you know or sense that this is a pivotal day for Jane and for the other characters and that slowly builds throughout this slim novel.
essjay1's review against another edition
4.0
I like a novella - the length requires a discipline often missing in longer novels. This is a masterclass in weaving a story, gradually drawing the scene for the reader.