From the Bookshelf of Read With Me!…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
By Tina , Creator · 1 post · 1 views
By Tina , Creator · 1 post · 1 views
last updated Aug 01, 2020 11:06AM
What Members Thought
A wonderful story about how something can influence your life totally for the rest of your life. The story was well written and easy to read. I did find the end a little boring, I was hoping something would happen, but it didn't.
...more
...more
the two main characters of this story are a brother and sister with lots of abandonment issues first from their mother, then from their father, so that may be why they never really wanted to leave the house they called home even though they were forced to by their stepmother after their father passed away. their stepmother was kind of cruel to them so i get why the sister wanted her brother to drain the education trust fund to get back at her in some way, but it seemed kind of dumb to have him s
...more
Good book - interesting characters and fascinating plot. A brother and sister who live a strange childhood, built around the home their father bought which was full of the possessions of the family who lived there previously - down to their clothes. Their lives are intertwined throughout adulthood, with the Dutch house always as a character. I enjoyed the book - Ann Patchett rarely disappoints.
I highly recommend this book, but I recommend this book on audio as the narrator is Tom Hanks and he is wonderful. He made me feel as though I knew each character and didn't want the book to end. The story line smoothly takes us across the decades loving and disliking the characters, the story line and the events which are surprising at times and then Ann Pratchett wraps it up so perfectly as though it's a beautifully wrapped gift. I really enjoyed this book.
...more
Wow. That was deeply enjoyable.
Jun 19, 2019
Tina Haigler
marked it as to-read
Jul 11, 2020
Cristian Stoica
marked it as to-read
Aug 10, 2021
Harshi
marked it as to-read
Nov 06, 2022
James Malloy
marked it as to-read
Jan 01, 2023
Thea Andrus
marked it as to-read
May 08, 2023
Maggie
marked it as to-read
