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I did not like these stories much. They are too disjointed for me to follow easily but the biggest annoyance for me was the character of Nell. She was just one of those creations that drove me crazy. Her attitudes to life and other people were frustrating for me, I did actually spend a bit of time yelling at a fictional person I got so irked.
I listened to the audio of this book, narrated by Susan Denaker, and really enjoyed it.
Margaret Atwood takes Nell from a young girl, though the various phases and stages of life, to middle age. She does it with skill, humour and insights.
Each story is another age with Nell having different fears and anxieties, her maturing and her understanding growing with the years.
I enjoyed all the stories. My favorites are The Headless Horseman, My Last Duchess, Monopoly, White Horse and The Entities. Tha ...more
Margaret Atwood takes Nell from a young girl, though the various phases and stages of life, to middle age. She does it with skill, humour and insights.
Each story is another age with Nell having different fears and anxieties, her maturing and her understanding growing with the years.
I enjoyed all the stories. My favorites are The Headless Horseman, My Last Duchess, Monopoly, White Horse and The Entities. Tha ...more
I loved this book. Margaret Atwood’s prose is very poetic. The stories work as a mural or picture book of the main character’s life, from childhood until middle age, following a refined plot line. This is Margaret Atwood at her best.
Sep 09, 2007
Meghan
marked it as to-read-a-h
