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A review by carrieliza
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
5.0
I read this epic in record time!
It's a sprawling book, spanning many years--yet it always keeps you in the loop as to what is going on historically, which I appreciated.
It's such a big book that I can't really put my thoughts about it together.
Loved Tom, tragically. And Philip and Dorothy. And the V&A, sort of as a character? Fantastic!
Things:
(Julian and Tom)
"Cambridge isn't bad. It's beautiful. Full of interesting people."
"Cambridge is alright for you. You like people."
"And you don't?"
"I don't know. I just don't know what to do with people."
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"You knew you were out of London when the bark of the elm trees ceased to be thick with soot. London was a creature that grew busily and decayed busily: terraces and houses went up and came down. Cranes stood skeletal against the glow of the streetlights; there were huts in the road for the diggers of drains and of channels for cables. The air was nasty in his lungs."
It's a sprawling book, spanning many years--yet it always keeps you in the loop as to what is going on historically, which I appreciated.
It's such a big book that I can't really put my thoughts about it together.
Loved Tom, tragically. And Philip and Dorothy. And the V&A, sort of as a character? Fantastic!
Things:
(Julian and Tom)
"Cambridge isn't bad. It's beautiful. Full of interesting people."
"Cambridge is alright for you. You like people."
"And you don't?"
"I don't know. I just don't know what to do with people."
---
"You knew you were out of London when the bark of the elm trees ceased to be thick with soot. London was a creature that grew busily and decayed busily: terraces and houses went up and came down. Cranes stood skeletal against the glow of the streetlights; there were huts in the road for the diggers of drains and of channels for cables. The air was nasty in his lungs."