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A review by katykelly
Landing by Emma Donoghue
2.0
2.5 stars
A story of two women who meet, are attracted to each other, and tentatively start a long-distance relationship.
Jude and Sile (pronounced Sheila on the audiobook I listened to) meet on a plane. Jude is a passenger, Sile the flight attendant. It's quite a sweet meeting, and starts well. Later on, they contact each other and the book them flits between some letters/emails, their occasional meetings (Sile lives in Dubling but travels around the world for her work, and Jude lives in a small town in Canada, working in a museum).
I found myself becoming less and less interested as I went on, I'm afraid. I've recently loved Donoghue's latest, Frog Music, and adored Room. This felt a little pedestrian - not much happens, it's a little bit repetitive.
The same-sex romance is well-handled, but some of the heart-to-hearts with friends got dull for me, as a listener.
A little disappointed really.
A story of two women who meet, are attracted to each other, and tentatively start a long-distance relationship.
Jude and Sile (pronounced Sheila on the audiobook I listened to) meet on a plane. Jude is a passenger, Sile the flight attendant. It's quite a sweet meeting, and starts well. Later on, they contact each other and the book them flits between some letters/emails, their occasional meetings (Sile lives in Dubling but travels around the world for her work, and Jude lives in a small town in Canada, working in a museum).
I found myself becoming less and less interested as I went on, I'm afraid. I've recently loved Donoghue's latest, Frog Music, and adored Room. This felt a little pedestrian - not much happens, it's a little bit repetitive.
The same-sex romance is well-handled, but some of the heart-to-hearts with friends got dull for me, as a listener.
A little disappointed really.