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Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
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This is the story of an 18-year old girl from a small town who disappears on her way to work without a trace. It tells how her family and best friends cope with her disappearance and slowly move on with their lives.
I felt that the book was very well-written, yet I felt as though something was missing, a certain spark of emotion. I found the book realistic, yet I believe that a parent who is truly missing a child would be better able to make that judgment.
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I felt that the book was very well-written, yet I felt as though something was missing, a certain spark of emotion. I found the book realistic, yet I believe that a parent who is truly missing a child would be better able to make that judgment.
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i havent read anything by this author before and was expecting more since I have only read all great reviews on the book. I was mostly bored the whole time as I read it. It did have a "real" feeling to it like it could have or has happened but the part of the story I was interested in was the missing girl, not so much the family, I was hoping to read about her even though i think maybe that was impossible because she was gone. oh well, at least i read it i guess.
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I couldn't put this book down, reading through television shows and late into the night. Kim Larsen disappears, it seems into thin air, one afternoon, and thus, the plot begins. While the outcome isn't unexpected, it still packs an emotional whallop. Like Lobster, the tone of this O'Nan novel is dark and gloomy. I wish I could say this was an uplifting book - it wasn't. But it was "unputdownable".
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Boring, and I never felt any suspense, fear, dread or even sadness while reading. Given the topic I expected to feel suspense and fear especially, and all I was during reading this was bored. I felt nothing for any of the characters, and did not care about the ending either.
This book was OK. I ended up giving it an extra star, because I appreciated how the author gave meaning to the events in the story through how it ended. However, I was surprised at how boring a story about a missing girl could be. I don't think that the uninspired reader helped either.
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Well... I had hoped for much more from this book. I felt like there were details that I was missing and wondered if I had read to fast and missed something. I got a glimpse, but never all of the details. This story is every parents nightmare and that emotion is well done. I have liked his previous works better.
I did like the suspense of this novel, but was once again disappointed a bit with the ending....well worth the read!
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Bookmarks Issue: 38-Jan-Feb-2009
Bookmarks Issue: 38-Jan-Feb-2009
could not put it down!
A tale of abduction and the missing that explores the family's journey of what they go through in looking for the missing. I felt the book lacked emotion and that the characters could give more to add to the story.
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This book was a little hard for me to rate. I would have given it a 3 1/2 if there were half stars. It was a pretty good story, but it just didn't gel for me like I had hoped it would.
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Needed an easy read during my recent day of bedrest and this definitely fit the bill- very believable characters- good pacing
This was haunting - hard to get away from . . . unremittingly sad.
Jun 17, 2009
Julie
marked it as to-read
May 22, 2013
Suzanne Moore
marked it as to-read
