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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
The Kate Atkinson hierarchy:
Life After Life
A God in Ruins
Jackson Brodie
Jackson Brodie
Jackson Brodie
Fake TV Jackson Brodie or maybe really I'm talking about Jason Isaacs
That weird book about the museum
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This one. This ain't no Jackson Brodie and I'm very cranky about that.
Life After Life
A God in Ruins
Jackson Brodie
Jackson Brodie
Jackson Brodie
Fake TV Jackson Brodie or maybe really I'm talking about Jason Isaacs
That weird book about the museum
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This one. This ain't no Jackson Brodie and I'm very cranky about that.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not a bad listen. Probably wouldn't seek out the author again.
I adore all her books but admit I had a hard time following this one, maybe that was the point
I love Kate (rhymes with great) Atkinson's books. Love the light, easy way she gets us inside the narrator's head and into his/her thoughts. I really liked this book, but was disappointed in the ending.
Came highly recommended on a MMD podcast. How disappointing and Boring!
I enjoyed this but not as much as some of Kate Atkinson's other novels (Life After Life, Behind the Scenes...). As one of my favourite authors I was vaguely disappointed with this novel and found the ending quite confusing. It's still a good read in itself though.
Very promising , but did not always deliver. The narrative jumps between 1940, 1950, and 1981, with a large cast of characters (some with aliases) and a bit of confusion between the times. Juliet is plucked from obscurity in the typing pool to transcribe conversations between an MI5 agent and Nazi sympathizers in WWII London. The plot thickens, of course. Juliet is sometimes naive and sometimes not very likable.
Atkinson images the life of a young woman who worked for MI5 in the month leading up to and after WWII starts. She transcribed talks between a fake Gestapo agent and British followers of Hitler. Then it jumps to her life in 1950 as a BBC producer. There's some back and forth in time and confusion as to whether or not she is still an agent. Parts were intriguing. On the whole, I found it difficult to follow.