Welcome to Litsy!

This novel is essentially what I take to be Joyce‘s own coming of age story in which he ultimately sets out to free himself of Irish revivalism, language and politics, his early forays into sexual addiction which he then overreacted to by immersing himself in the Catholic faith and then later discovering that he believed none of it and that his college friends were full of shit. I can appreciate the project, but I didn‘t much care for this book.

After many starts and pauses, I have finished Wild Houses, a book that hit a few lists last year. A bleak Irish setting with depressing scenes and down on their luck characters made this a bit of a bummer but when the plot finally got rolling I was engaged and flew through the last quarter of the book. It‘s a pick because of the character development and the setting. Bad choices are made and the lives of several young people intersect. Low pick

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Usually, I am not a huge fan of crab. But wow this turned out beautifully! #DinnerBytheBook

I nearly gave up on this in the first few pages because of the wildly descriptive beginning. Then I read this was adapted from a play by Keane, so I was able to see that as the stage directions for Act 1, Scene 1. And then the action started. The love triangle was not for me, but I very much liked Aunt Anna Rose.

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Late one evening Dev opens his door to find out that the Ferdias‘ brothers has kidnapped a young boy. They wish to stay at Dev‘s because of his remote location. The young boy‘s older brother owns the brothers money and they want them back.

We follow Dev, the young brother Doll and his girlfriend and mother, and his brother Cillian, and learn how they handle it and are willing to do.

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Only on chapter 3, hoping it hooks me soon
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