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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
emotional
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:
Yes
After over 20 years, Eilis comes home to Ireland. Enniscorthy has hardly changed yet the lives of all those Eilis left behind have changed greatly in the two decades since she was last there.
We are introduced to a host of new characters including Eilis’s son and daughter while you also get to see how the lives of the people of Enniscorthy have changed since she emigrated from Ireland in the 1950s. Eilis’s return is met with everything from open arms to open hostility showing a great amount of character growth from the characters introduced in Brooklyn.
Themes of second chances, heartbreak and homecoming are prevalent throughout the novel and how consequences from specific actions ripple across the entire community. I found Brooklyn to be an novel about America, while Long Island is very much a novel about what life was like in a rural Irish village and how, even though a place may stay the same on the surface, the feeling of home centres around the people who are there.
A heartfelt, sad and realistic sequel focusing on the trials and tribulations of life, love and loneliness.
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I haven't read Brooklyn and maybe I will, maybe I won't. First of all, why was this book called "Long Island" when we're only in Long Island for about a third of the story? I liked the writing but the story itself was a bit pointless in my opinion. A bunch of people in their 40s or 50s (I can't remember) not being able to communicate honestly. And then it just stops.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
This was a bit of a heartbreaker. In looking at my review of Brooklyn, I thought Eilis made the right choice in returning the the US and remaining committed to Tony. It seems that she leads a happy, if somewhat lonely life and then is betrayed by her husband and shut out by his family. In returning to Ireland for a visit, it's like seeing the path not taken and her love for Jim remains. Jim seems to have floated alone, he appears to be someone who goes with what he is told to do right down to the end. The novel is left open-ended.
The audio version is great with both the Irish and Long Island accents.
The audio version is great with both the Irish and Long Island accents.
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated