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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
As anyone in IB at WPHS knows, this book was the worst thing you could draw during the English formal oral exam (so of course, I did draw it). Excluding the stress of trying to analyze this book for IB, I actually think that Michael Ondaatge's writing is very beautiful. If you allow the novel to sort of sweep over you and are not necessarily bothered with identifying plot devices, this book has both lovely and interesting poetry and prose as well as an intriguing family portrait and history snapshot of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). I am thinking of re-reading it, once I get far enough away from high school.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
One for fans of ‘My Family and Other Animals’
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
funny
reflective
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.5 stars. I read The English Patient many years ago and loved it. I did not love this book. It had some very evocative moments, but overall I was bored.
A friend of mine grew up in then Ceylon and her descriptions of its beauty and ambience, gave me a desire to see this gem of an Island. I had high hopes for this book, but it fell short for me.
Running in the Family is a book of memories of the Ondaatje family, of Michael's Grandparents and Parents. The impression I got from this book was that they were all alcoholics, of their escapades when they were drunk.
A friend of mine grew up in then Ceylon and her descriptions of its beauty and ambience, gave me a desire to see this gem of an Island. I had high hopes for this book, but it fell short for me.
Running in the Family is a book of memories of the Ondaatje family, of Michael's Grandparents and Parents. The impression I got from this book was that they were all alcoholics, of their escapades when they were drunk.
Read for school. It wasn't awwwwwful but it wasn't that appealing to me either.
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
At its core, this is a book about a son learning about his father, recently passed, through second hand accounts. It's rambling and fragmented like a conversation among family, and his descriptions of the world of his family are lush and lifelike.