pickMostly listened to this on audio. It was masterfully written - Patchett is unparalleled in that regard. The story—I didn‘t really connect with the story. Partly I was rankled by the MC/narrator, Lara‘s, rosy wistfulness about the COVID lockdown. It‘s one of my pet peeves (partly because my family did not have a cozy, bread-baking, ‘growing closer free from the distractions of hectic life‘ experience). But partly I just felt a bit detached 👇
CSeydel (cont‘d) from the story. At one point I remember saying aloud, “this would be fascinating if she were *my* mom or aunt or whatever, but why am I supposed to care about this?” But the story did pick up, Truths were revealed, human nature was explored, coming of age took place. I thought it was an interesting choice to keep introducing little ‘twists‘ that the characters already knew, but were surprising for the reader. 2d
Lesliereadsalot I love books about mothers and daughters 🧑🧒 2d
TheLudicReader Honestly, if she wrote the phone book, I‘d probably read it. 2d
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sarahbarnes I‘m listening to this on audio right now. I do love her writing and the narration is great (obviously 😊). 2d
CSeydel @TheLudicReader Same, frankly 2d
CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot this definitely qualifies! 💗 2d
CSeydel @sarahbarnes yes! I don‘t usually listen to fiction on audio, but I‘m glad I did on this one. Meryl really brought the characters to life! 2d
Reggie I think about that daughter, Emily, all the time. How she was the rough daughter to get along with. Why she wasn‘t gonna have kids. I love this book so much. 6h
CSeydel @Reggie yes, she was a curious one. I found it so surprising that she was the highly emotional, tempestuous one and yet ended up marrying the boy next door and taking over the farm. 6h
Reggie @CSeydel maybe she just mellowed out. She grew out of it. 6h
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