so-soThe setting was probably the best part of this book.
The story seemed kind of ridiculous, but the descriptions of Greece and Italy in the summer were wonderful! #catsoflitsy
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Beautiful Animals: A Novel | 
so-soThe setting was probably the best part of this book.
The story seemed kind of ridiculous, but the descriptions of Greece and Italy in the summer were wonderful! #catsoflitsy
Our library had an #Animal show yesterday! I love all the fun stuff they do for the kids! We were able to pet the chameleon, armadillo, fennec fox and python. You could feel all the muscle in that snake, wow! I know it‘s not poetry but I just had to share. #PoetryMatters
John Osborne‘s latest.A Mediterranean vacation that goes chillingly wrong.
so-soBeautiful Animals is a novel which had a lot of potential. It could have been a great novel about the refugee crisis in Europe, or it could have been a great novel about the self-centred nature of wealth and privilege. In the end, it was an average novel about both. I found the plot lacked pace where it was needed, and the were almost too many threads, none of which were fully explored. The characters were all a bit flat and superficial.
Getting into the beach reads even though I‘m back at work because it makes me feel better about it.
panI did not really care for this story. I thought it was going to be more about Greece and their refugee issue, but instead it ended up being about some girls who could get away with anything. The writing was a little flat and the plot never really pulled me in.
so-so3 stars. I was compelled by this unusual narrative, but also disappointed because an important character was not as fleshed out as he could've been. Two privileged young women find a refugee on the beach of a Greek Island where they're vacationing. Great idea, and some great writing, but vacuous and shallow characters kept me from really loving this novel.
pickMixed reviews on this but I really liked it! Set in Greece, Naomi and Samantha attempt to help a homeless refugee but the plan backfires with unexpected consequences. Dark and sometimes chilling, it's about wealth, greed, privilege, and friendship.
so-soI liked, but didn't love, this book.
The descriptions of Hydra (Greece) are stunning and took me back to the Greece I've only visited in John Fowles.
I'm not sure if the author was sure what he wanted to write. A suspenseful thriller? A novel about the rich? The plight of refugees? So there are bits of all of that but the reader is the only one who knows all the parts. I'm not sure the ending satisfies but a great summer read. ARC from Hogarth.
bailedI read the first 35 pages. No thank you. I'm good.
I picked up the Sunday book review and what is on the cover but a new book about a #beautifulstranger. Set on a Greek island during a refugee crisis, Naomi meets a beautiful American stranger - Sam, and a handsome refugee Faoud. The perspective shifts to Faouds and it sounds like it turns dark. I'm looking forward to picking this one up. #90sinjuly
Certainly topical. Might be worth a try.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/books/review/beautiful-animals-lawrence-osbor...
This might turn out to be a perfect summer beach read: the young & wealthy on a Greek island for the summer; a mysterious stranger; a well-intended plan that goes awry... Stay tuned...
