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Adam and Evelyn
Adam and Evelyn | Ingo Schulze
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From one of Germanys finest writers comes a wonderfully light and humorous novel set during the tumultuous events of 1989. A wobbling Hungary has just opened its borders to Austria enabling a flood of refugees to escape, the Berlin Wall is on the cusp of falling, and, yet, seemingly sheltered from this onrushing new world in their idyllic East German home are Adam, a tailor and dressmaker who enjoys a life of dressing (and undressing) his appreciative clientele, and Evelyn, Adams restless girlfriend. Having just unexpectedly quit her job as a waitress, Evelyn returns home one day to find Adam sleeping with one of his customers. Calmly, but quickly, Evelyn packs her belongings and runs off to Hungary on a vacation she had originally planned to take with Adam. Accompanying Evelyn on her journey is her friend Simone and Michael, Simones West German cousin. In hot pursuit, however, to everyones surprise or dismay, is Adam. Following the group in his familys rickety 1961 Communist-made automobile, Adam chases after Evelyn, banishing himself from his Garden of Eden as she pursues her very own idea of heaven. As Adam and Evelyn are swept out on a Western tide of new freedomshelping refugees and helping themselves to impetuous trysts with others along the waythey find themselves forced to adjust to life in a world forever changed. Paradise regained? Perhaps not. Upending our expectations from the start, Adam and Evelyn is a deceptively simple love story that will enthrall longtime readers and those new to the delights of Ingo Schulzes stories alike. From the Hardcover edition.
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Adam and Evelyn | Ingo Schulze
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Mehso-so

The atmosphere of the book was interesting, but the plot didn't seem to go anywhere, and I couldn't really root for any of the characters.
I was excited to pick up a book that partly takes place in Hungary in 1989, and I appreciated the atmosphere, the sense of place the author created, but I wasn't blown away.

And this wraps up July for me. I'm going to post my July #bookspinbingo board tomorrow ☺️