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Sorry, my review ends up being about how great the audiobook was. Phenomenal, and Meryl Streep's narration was just icing on the cake for me. I'm not always enamored of Streep as I think she can over-act as easily as she can perfectly act. It felt like this book was written for her, especially with an aspiring actress as the protagonist and all that entails. It made me wonder if Patchett consulted with Streep or anyone famous in writing those parts of the story. I need to research that.
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I liked the beginning and the ending and found myself wishing for a better story in the middle. The issue was that while most of the characters were likable, there wasn't much of a development character-wise. We see them in their younger years and then as older but don't see how they became who they were, at least with the main character. I enjoyed the writing but this was not one of my favorites.
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Jan 30, 2024
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it was amazing
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Quietly Perfect.
Ann Patchett - Thank you for bringing the Nelson Family and their story into 2024.
Read and Listened. Five Stars.
Ann Patchett - Thank you for bringing the Nelson Family and their story into 2024.
Read and Listened. Five Stars.
What an extraordinary, beautifully normal novel. I love Patchett's way of seeing the world and making even the everyday-ness glimmer.
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The story itself and the sense of place (a cherry farm in western Michigan) here are excellent.
The characters are decent, but the way the story is told stifled them a bit. Everyone is seen through the eyes of Lara - we see her daughters and husband through her in the present story line, and we see Peter Duke, Pallace, Sebastian and the others through her in the past story line. Because Lara is telling a story about the past with the benefit of hindsight, we're never truly able to be in the mome ...more
The characters are decent, but the way the story is told stifled them a bit. Everyone is seen through the eyes of Lara - we see her daughters and husband through her in the present story line, and we see Peter Duke, Pallace, Sebastian and the others through her in the past story line. Because Lara is telling a story about the past with the benefit of hindsight, we're never truly able to be in the mome ...more
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