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Long Island
by Colm Tóibín
For fans of Brooklyn, this book will be enjoyable. Otherwise, I struggle to imagine readers would enjoy this.
This is the second book in the Brooklyn series, a sequel to the beloved novel that I loved so much years ago. Brooklyn was one of my favourite novels and also movies, and I had high expectations for this. Having only read Brooklyn by Colm Toibín, I was sure I would enjoy it.
And I did. But only so much. It goes without saying you need to have read Brooklyn or be very familiar with the characters for this book to make sense. The return to the lives of Eilis and Tony and their families is a welcome start to the book, however the entire plot line of the novel is explained within the first couple of pages.
The novel ends up being set in Enniscorthy again, and returns a host of characters to us, most of whom are familiar from the original novel. This sense of familiarity was enjoyable however I found the plot somewhat excruciating.
Over the course of a summer spent in Ireland, Eilis contemplates her situation due to the news received at the beginning of the book. While I really relished being back with the characters of Brooklyn, the writing at times felt overdone and drawn out. There was a lot of contemplation from the characters and at time I had to push myself to read further.
Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot and I’m glad I read it.
This is the second book in the Brooklyn series, a sequel to the beloved novel that I loved so much years ago. Brooklyn was one of my favourite novels and also movies, and I had high expectations for this. Having only read Brooklyn by Colm Toibín, I was sure I would enjoy it.
And I did. But only so much. It goes without saying you need to have read Brooklyn or be very familiar with the characters for this book to make sense. The return to the lives of Eilis and Tony and their families is a welcome start to the book, however the entire plot line of the novel is explained within the first couple of pages.
The novel ends up being set in Enniscorthy again, and returns a host of characters to us, most of whom are familiar from the original novel. This sense of familiarity was enjoyable however I found the plot somewhat excruciating.
Over the course of a summer spent in Ireland, Eilis contemplates her situation due to the news received at the beginning of the book. While I really relished being back with the characters of Brooklyn, the writing at times felt overdone and drawn out. There was a lot of contemplation from the characters and at time I had to push myself to read further.
Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot and I’m glad I read it.