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3.5-My first introduction to the writing of this author, and I have to admit I wasn't immediately drawn into this novel. The writing was gorgeous, the descriptions like a poem, but it has a very different structure and tone.
It's the mid 1800's in the village of Nordstrand, off Germany's coast. There is a school for pregnant girls, run by the nuns, but these nuns are kind, loving and wise. There is a competitive yearly contest for the oldest man or woman and it is after this contest that a huge w ...more
It's the mid 1800's in the village of Nordstrand, off Germany's coast. There is a school for pregnant girls, run by the nuns, but these nuns are kind, loving and wise. There is a competitive yearly contest for the oldest man or woman and it is after this contest that a huge w ...more
1 star Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the chance to read and review this book. Published August 18, 2020.
This review is very easy...
The beginning....Gibberish!
Midway....Gibberish!
The ending.... Gibberish!
I had so expected to like this book. I usually love all circus - especially historical circus stories. Maybe had I read the print edition it would have made sense - but listening to the audio - gibberish! It started with about 10 characters in the first 15 min and the narrator just ...more
This review is very easy...
The beginning....Gibberish!
Midway....Gibberish!
The ending.... Gibberish!
I had so expected to like this book. I usually love all circus - especially historical circus stories. Maybe had I read the print edition it would have made sense - but listening to the audio - gibberish! It started with about 10 characters in the first 15 min and the narrator just ...more
After having read Stones from the River
, I looked forward to reading this one as well. I didn't like it quite as a much, but I still enjoyed it quite a lot. This time, the story verges on magical realism without crossing over into it. It's the story of a mother and father trying to absorb the loss of three of their four children, the mother of an intellectually disabled 20-year-old, and a child of 11 who gives birth in a maternity home run by nuns and then has the baby taken away from her.
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, I looked forward to reading this one as well. I didn't like it quite as a much, but I still enjoyed it quite a lot. This time, the story verges on magical realism without crossing over into it. It's the story of a mother and father trying to absorb the loss of three of their four children, the mother of an intellectually disabled 20-year-old, and a child of 11 who gives birth in a maternity home run by nuns and then has the baby taken away from her.
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It's not working for me, at least not the audio version. Not really interested in the subject matter either.
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Hegi write beautifully but this book never really drew me. From the very start, I had a strange sense that I had read this book before but of course, I hadn't. It just all seemed so familiar despite being an interesting and unique story. My biggest problem was that there was not a single character I liked, admired or sympathized with.
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