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katmackie 's review for:
Good on Paper
by Rachel Cantor
I read [a:Herta Müller's|134980|Herta Müller|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1434721410p2/134980.jpg] NYTimes By The Book interview this very morning and I found her thoughts on moving literature very pleasing:
This is my attempt to shirk writing a real review for Good on Paper, a book that left me cold. It had many elements that usually attract me to books - but I found many aspects repetitive and the sentences didn't "sparkle." Cantor created an interesting plot of lite and literary that usually appeals to me, but maybe the balance was off? Andi was certainly the heart of the story - I can't resist books with children wise beyond their years. But I found the characters around her to make strange and sudden decisions that quickly escalated into choppy resolutions.
I wanted to like this book, but it ultimately wasn't for me.
The beauty of the sentences is the key. If in the very first pages I’m forced to read gratuitous phrases or banal metaphors, I won’t be able to get inside the story. Only if the sentences “sparkle” can I get hooked.
This is my attempt to shirk writing a real review for Good on Paper, a book that left me cold. It had many elements that usually attract me to books - but I found many aspects repetitive and the sentences didn't "sparkle." Cantor created an interesting plot of lite and literary that usually appeals to me, but maybe the balance was off? Andi was certainly the heart of the story - I can't resist books with children wise beyond their years. But I found the characters around her to make strange and sudden decisions that quickly escalated into choppy resolutions.
I wanted to like this book, but it ultimately wasn't for me.