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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love love love Anne Enright. This is a pretty good book about family. It’s funny and serious and lighthearted and heavy.
4 1/2 stars. The kind of well written literary fiction that makes you want to go back to the beginning and read it again the minute you finish it. I felt like I knew all five of the main characters intimately by the end and could relate to all of them.
The Green Road is such an Irish novel (not that I'm an expert in Irish lit- yet, ha!) but it encapsulates everything you know about Ireland (clichés like alcohol and immigration included).
I could totally and uncomfortably relate to the Madigan family, at some point I had the weird feeling that maybe in another life Ann Enright met my maternal grandmother and based Rosaleen's character on her. I also fell in love with the Madigan children, somehow I feel the girls are portrayed in much more depth, though, weirdly enough, Dan's chapter is definitely my favourite and probably the best piece of prose I've read this year. I especially loved Constance, she reminded me a lot of my mother, with her devotion to the family, putting herself second for the sake of others and all that.
Pick this up, you won't be disappointed. Unless family dramas are not your cup of tea.
I could totally and uncomfortably relate to the Madigan family, at some point I had the weird feeling that maybe in another life Ann Enright met my maternal grandmother and based Rosaleen's character on her. I also fell in love with the Madigan children, somehow I feel the girls are portrayed in much more depth, though, weirdly enough, Dan's chapter is definitely my favourite and probably the best piece of prose I've read this year. I especially loved Constance, she reminded me a lot of my mother, with her devotion to the family, putting herself second for the sake of others and all that.
Pick this up, you won't be disappointed. Unless family dramas are not your cup of tea.
A 2015 staff favorite recommended by Jo and Sue. Sue says, "The story of a disintegrated family, slowly finding its way back together. Complex characters and beautifully written details that capture the essence of time, place and character.''
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Drink, distance, and being the good child have taken their toll on Rosaleen's four adult children, and Rosaleen herself, a piece of work, almost dies before it's all done. I much preferred this to The Gathering, which shares the themes of Irish families reuniting in crisis. These characters were much more distinct and engaging.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written, melancholy, and very Irish.