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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Absolutely gripping. A snapshot of the period and a plot which will constantly surprise you. Wonderful read!
"In that sense, life is less like a journey than it is a game of honeymoon bridge. In our twenties, when there is still so much time ahead of us, time that seems ample for a hundred indecisions, for a hundred visions and revisions - we draw a card, and we must decide right then and there whether to keep that card and discard the next or discard the first card and keep the second. And before we know it, the deck has been played out and the decisions we have just made will shape our lives for decades to come."
Damn.
Damn.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a difficult book to rate. If I were to just go on the story itself, I’d have to rate it a high “2” to low “3”. The same storylines from a lesser author would have made this a chore to read.
I didn’t particularly like many of the characters and I never felt like I really got to know Katey. Sure, we learn a lot about her drinking and partying habits, her friends, and a bit about her work…but I don’t feel like I ever got to know her as a person and her hopes and dreams. Also, the book begins with her and her husband in middle age but we barely get to know him at all. We learn an awful lot about many lesser people in her life but not him. There’s even a slight tease when she first meets him but it turns out to be just a glancing interaction. We never do learn anything about them as a couple. Unless I missed it, we don’t even know if they had children. I realize the book is more about the friends and suitors she had in her early adulthood that shaped her life but I doubt her character would have selected a husband that wasn’t interesting or had an impact on her life as well.
I’m very generously giving the 4 stars because I’m always amazed at the writing of Amor Towles. He has such a gift for language.
I didn’t particularly like many of the characters and I never felt like I really got to know Katey. Sure, we learn a lot about her drinking and partying habits, her friends, and a bit about her work…but I don’t feel like I ever got to know her as a person and her hopes and dreams. Also, the book begins with her and her husband in middle age but we barely get to know him at all. We learn an awful lot about many lesser people in her life but not him. There’s even a slight tease when she first meets him but it turns out to be just a glancing interaction. We never do learn anything about them as a couple. Unless I missed it, we don’t even know if they had children. I realize the book is more about the friends and suitors she had in her early adulthood that shaped her life but I doubt her character would have selected a husband that wasn’t interesting or had an impact on her life as well.
I’m very generously giving the 4 stars because I’m always amazed at the writing of Amor Towles. He has such a gift for language.
adventurous
reflective
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:
Yes
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated