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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
well written & compelling, but hampered by an unlikeable protagonist...
Är svag för tennis i romaner och på film. Läser alltid Lionel Shriver med stort nöje bl.a. för språket, som har rytm och thesauruskrävande innehåll.
i really enjoy Shriver's writing, she is very clever. i found the tennis lexicon very stodgy, but this is not really a surprise as i don't
know the game at all!!
know the game at all!!
All this book was lacking was a good edit. The story is great, the writing is fantastic; but it reads like a first draft. Too much telling of stuff we already know from more subtle sources, too much expository, too much story creation on the page.
It's too bad this book didn't get the same heavy editorial hand that Shriver's excellent "The Post Birthday World" must have, because I really wanted this sports-driven book to be just as excellent.
It's too bad this book didn't get the same heavy editorial hand that Shriver's excellent "The Post Birthday World" must have, because I really wanted this sports-driven book to be just as excellent.
Not a fan. Her books are very well written and the chracter portrayal is detailed and engaging. But oh my god so depressing theres nothing in this book to make you feel good at all. Depressing self absorbed people i didn't really want to read about.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love Tennis?
Love Reading?
Love Lionel Shriver?
You'll love this book.
OK...You'll love it, regardless.
Love Reading?
Love Lionel Shriver?
You'll love this book.
OK...You'll love it, regardless.
If the main character wasn't such a deplorable, egotistical, waste of writing this book might have been enjoyable as at least it was well written and impeccably researched. I just had absolutely no reason to care and was usually bored to tears by the same argument being reenacted between two people repeatedly to no avail
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes