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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
2.5/5 Stars
Read it in one sitting. But not sure how I feel about it. Generally I don’t really enjoy books with flowery writing or that talk in metaphors. So this one was a lot to wrap my head around and still not totally sure I got the point.
Read it in one sitting. But not sure how I feel about it. Generally I don’t really enjoy books with flowery writing or that talk in metaphors. So this one was a lot to wrap my head around and still not totally sure I got the point.
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hmmmm this book isn’t bad by all means but I think because I am also reading Ducks, Newburyport I found it to be more of the same. Kind of like a condensed version of that. I enjoyed it just not as much as I expected.
The narrator is neither a librarian nor a therapist but she plays one in her life, which includes a nice husband, a sweet son, a not-so-recovering drug addict brother, a Jesus-freak mother, an advice columnist second boss, and all the many people she meets and feels responsible for on a daily basis. The author has a light touch and a nice ironic wit and I wish she'd go to an Al-Anon meeting.
"When electricity was first introduced to homes, there were letters to newspapers about how it would undermine family togetherness. Now there would be no need to gather around a shared hearth, people fretted. In 1903, a famous psychiatrist worried that young people would lose their connection to dusk and its contemplative moments.
Hahaha!
(Except when was the last time I stood still because it was dusk?)"
Hahaha!
(Except when was the last time I stood still because it was dusk?)"
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced