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By Maxwell · 202 posts · 331 views
By Maxwell · 202 posts · 331 views
last updated Sep 14, 2016 10:06PM
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For some strange reason a lot of people on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ have slayed this book but personally I enjoyed it. After all if you take it at face value it's just a romance novel: misfit meets misfit and they fall in love.
This is A.L. Kennedy and she'll tackle things different for within this love story there are A LOT of inner monologues, some dialogue and narration. Most of the time the three narrative voice are stuffed on the page. In between the ever growing romance between Jon - a civil servant in t ...more
A tedious slog. A tragic case of the author mistaking verbal diarrhoea for stream of consciousness. Mrs Dalloway covers very similar territory in a fraction of the length (and has far more interesting characters).
In amongst the banality, padding, repetition and copious expletives there are occasional gems - sentences, images or observations - but so rare as to be lost in the general swamp. The main characters are whiny one-note types: unfortunately, both of them the same note. The plot veers fro ...more
In amongst the banality, padding, repetition and copious expletives there are occasional gems - sentences, images or observations - but so rare as to be lost in the general swamp. The main characters are whiny one-note types: unfortunately, both of them the same note. The plot veers fro ...more
Serious Sweet by A.L. Kennedy
This is the final book I have read from the Man-Booker and have to admit I have not read anything quite like it before so still pondering. I take these challenges seriously so started the book over three time (found her writing hard to follow), made a character list, did chapter summaries and took copious notes and think I finally was able to follow (not comfortable till I get into the author’s head). The novel takes place in just twenty-four hours in modern day Lond ...more
This is the final book I have read from the Man-Booker and have to admit I have not read anything quite like it before so still pondering. I take these challenges seriously so started the book over three time (found her writing hard to follow), made a character list, did chapter summaries and took copious notes and think I finally was able to follow (not comfortable till I get into the author’s head). The novel takes place in just twenty-four hours in modern day Lond ...more
Ugh this was so drawn out, which is almost ironic when you consider that Serious Sweet is meant to be a romance that develops in exactly one 24 hour period.
Clocking in at over 500 pages, with at least half of those largely unnecessary, we are privy to the inner monologues of Meg, an ex-alcoholic, and Jon, a pretty spineless guy who was absolutely, irredeemably boring. The point of this was that these two misfits would find happiness in each other, but I ended the book mostly feeling bad for Meg ...more
Clocking in at over 500 pages, with at least half of those largely unnecessary, we are privy to the inner monologues of Meg, an ex-alcoholic, and Jon, a pretty spineless guy who was absolutely, irredeemably boring. The point of this was that these two misfits would find happiness in each other, but I ended the book mostly feeling bad for Meg ...more
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Sean
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marked it as to-read-literary
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Josefine
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Aug 07, 2016
Caroline
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Aug 24, 2016
Michaela Lock
marked it as dnf
Sep 14, 2016
Mj
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Becky R.
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