Beautiful. Do not know how I missed it til now. I loved this. People fumbling, not understanding and seeing themselves in others and words..there are whole passages I will never forget. What a masterpiece!!! Life in Austria between the wars is not really a location I have read about and it was so interesting seeing
Wish I had’ve had this in my 20s!!! Such great simple advice…like turn it into play, breathe deep, tell your story…things that I know now really make all the difference. It was also just a great reminder of a book; such a good read a couple of pages in the morning and put them into
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I didn’t think I knew much about Epstein, and haven’t actually ever read a Patterson novel so I thought two birds..I really wanted to know how he made his money and how he made such incredible connections etc but I have read Nobody’s Girl and actually know more than I would like about his crimes
I had the highest expectations for The Last Mandarin, and I really started out thinking it was going to be great. Mother daughter together, a drowned boyfriend…I was there, and I’m not even sure what didn’t work except it was all so OTT? I didn’t believe anyone’s character or motivation really? And gosh so many
Loved it! There were times when i laughed at myself because am I 18? I have loved every Abby Jimenez novel I have read, they’re fun but so much deep thinking to be done too. And omg I have always thought everyone should work hospitality and retail…wish these had’ve been written when I was 18…great
I would have loved this in my 20s/30s and I thought I was reading and loving it for the nostalgia vibes…I loved me a ‘won’t you always wonder about us’ novel but turns out I love it in my late 40s just as much…and it is so much more than just a road not taken
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind blowing and so spec-fic..I think even to talk loose plot gives away too much; but just know what a plot!!! What great characters!!! What cool concepts really not crazily discussed!!!!!! Really compassionate and so much care taken here This is so not my normal genre and gosh I just gobbled it right up,
I did not want to put this down! So compulsive!!!! So nothing I will ever experience ever!!! Imagine being brought your favourite peppermint tea to your office while cruising on your mega yacht…or polishing the windows of that yacht from dawn until dusk….suxh a story of haves and have nots!!! So captivating!!!! I could not
It is a shimmering mosaic of a novel, the blurb here on goodreads is perfect. What a compassionate and exquisite tribute to a friend and friendship. It’s only a slim little book, but it certainly isn’t one I tore through; the deep depression, sadness and grief thot I found here was really eloquently described..but then
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Beautiful. All the craftsmanship nuance we’ve come to expect from an Ann Patchett and then some. A novel about fathers and their daughters, home, childhood and memory…and ‘Whistler, who had exceeded everyone’s expectations’ Cannot stop thinking about the grapes! Loved it SO much
