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I have finished this book and I'm so glad I'm done with it. I can tell it's brilliant but at the same time I need to admit to myself that it bored me silly. I just need to throw that out there, this little bit of shameful truth, and to acknowledge my inability to appreciate this great, great book. As I read on from one page to the next I had this constant voice in my head saying things to me like: 'oh, wow, this so very well put,' and: 'oh gosh what a great scene, it really is so lovely, so true
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I am giving this book a rare 5 star review, partially because I had not expected to like it, and I loved it. If I was a writer, I think my style would be very similar to the writing in this book. I loved the "Memory Bank Movie" passages. It reminded me so much of several significant events in my own life, and I can vividly rember them. I think the characters in the book were depicted very realistically and believable, flaws and all. The book was written in the 1970's and I hope our society has e
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I was sucked into this book more than I expected to be. I was incredibly fond of Morag, the main character, who I found to be very three dimensional. I laugh now, but I was infuriated when she got married to a guy that I absolutely couldn't stand. (She seems to attract this sort of man.) The book was written a while ago, in the 70s, and its depiction of racism and sexism almost seemed too much at times. But I have a sinking feeling that it wasn't as exaggerated as I was hoping it was,
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This is a quiet, character-driven novel. Present and past chapters unfold the protagonist’s life and her current struggle to let her daughter find her own way. The characters are nuanced. This is neither sentimental nor does it exploit individual tragedy. It is about one woman finding her way with all the regrets and contentment that entails.
A copy of The Diviners had sat at my bookshelves for a while now. It won the Governor’s General Award – a prestigious Canadian award - in 1974, and has been part of the Canadian literature must-reads since. I finally got to it this week. The story is told through flashbacks, fabled tales, conversations with an imaginary person, philosophical questionings... The format may have been fresh on the 1970’s, but seemed a bit dated. Yet, the story is abiding. The search for self-identity, in a nation t
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Aug 01, 2013
Susan
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Jennifer
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Kai Coates
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