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This is not a bad book, but it is not the book I should be reading. The problems are big and real (and too close to home for me): the loneliness of life as an expat, marrying into another culture, the everyday struggle of speaking an unfamiliar language, the hollowness and lack of purpose from not having a career, the struggle to connect with and care for a family when you are depressed, the pursuit of endorphin release to make you feel a little better or at least pass the time, the very bad dec
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That was great, but I need a drink.
really liked this one..
3.5 stars. I'm still not sure how well I liked this book or its main character, but I wanted to find out more. More about the city where they live, more about why the character was the way she was, more about how people interact the way they do. Parts were heavy-handed, others were perfectly crafted. Aspects seemed unfeasible, implausible. But still, I couldn't put it down.
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I generally enjoy unlikeable protagonists... but i never felt like I got to know Anna. the saving grace of this book was how the author wove in linguistics from German to tell the story.
I get that it's supposed to be an updated Anna Karenina, but that's kind of a big classic to tackle. I wasn't especially engaged by this book.
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Well-written, but very far away from my cup of tea. I wish I'd been working on another book this past week.
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