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A review by gglazer
Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather by Jincy Willett
2.0
The funniest thing about this book was its title. As one of the other commenters said, it really suffered from bad advertising -- if it had been billed as "biting" or "incredibly sarcastic" rather than "hilarious," maybe my expectations would have been different.
But as it stood, this story about the stereotypical brilliant spinster librarian was just so very meh. I liked Dorcas' character and clearly felt her revulsion for her twin sister, I liked the structure running parallel to the biography, I like that the spinster librarian was allowed to get trashed alone in her library on a weekend, but there was just no narrative tension.
But as it stood, this story about the stereotypical brilliant spinster librarian was just so very meh. I liked Dorcas' character and clearly felt her revulsion for her twin sister, I liked the structure running parallel to the biography, I like that the spinster librarian was allowed to get trashed alone in her library on a weekend, but there was just no narrative tension.