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Loving Sylvie by Elizabeth Smither

rebekahf's review against another edition

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1.0

DNF. 200 pages and I had to give up. Just wasn't captured by it no matter how hard I tried.

lexieloux's review against another edition

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1.0

Sorry, but I just couldn’t finish this book. And I really, really tried. It feels like the author just so desperately wanted to write something beautiful, but has them done herself a disservice by cramming in so many overly eloquent sentences, thoughts aimed at the ethereal and phrases intended to be loaded with meaning that it just falls apart. It’s disjointed, hard to follow and vague to the point of frustrating.

mogilvie's review against another edition

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1.0

Struggled to finish it. Was not interested in the precious boring characters.

eleanormerchant's review against another edition

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Really boring plot, couldn’t stay focused for more than a page at a time

cmoo053's review against another edition

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3.0

Shout out to Allen and Unwin NZ who hooked me up with this. It’s a beautifully written novel (I can tell the writer is a poet) about families and relationships, and the complexity of being an individual within this context. I’m probably not the target audience, but it’s the perfect book to buy your mum or grandma. I’m off to give this to my Nana who I’m sure will love it.
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