Karen Brown (4)
Autor/a de The Longings of Wayward Girls
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Karen Brown's first collection of short stories, Pins and Needles, won the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, and her stories have been included in The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 and The Best American Short Stories 2008.
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The Longings of Wayward Girls: A Novel de Karen Brown
I gave this book 4 stars because it was well written, but I didn't like the characters. I didn't like Sadie or agree with her behavior. I felt like an outsider reading this book, or more like Francine. I felt closer to Francine.
I'm not going to deny that I'm still slightly baffled by The Longings of Wayward Girls. In all honesty, I wasn't expecting the story I ended up reading. Alternating between Sadie's childhood, and her adulthood 20 years later, the synopsis made me believe that I was going to be living the mystery of a missing girl. What I was presented with was the story of a lost woman, her neglectful (and terrible) mother, and the past that ties them together.
Sadie was a really tough character to like. Even now I'm not sure if I was even supposed to like her in the first place. From a young age her character is one who constantly needs the attention and admiration of others. Not happy to fade into the background, Sadie spends her childhood as the alpha of her group friends. With no regard to the feelings of others, and no remorse for her actions, Sadie ends up the same person as an adult.
My favorite part of this book was definitely the writing itself. It flowed onto the pages in beautiful, detailed sentences. Karen Brown shines in her ability to draw the reader into her world. Sadie lives in a quiet suburb, where everyone knows one another and everything is always the same. I could feel the quiet breeze, see the fields of flowers, and hear the rustling leaves. Despite anything else, the writing is really what kept me reading.
The mystery itself, and in fact the reason I chose to read this book initially, was very understated compared to everything else. I was a little disappointed by that fact. This story revolves around Sadie's relationship with her mother, with her friends, and ultimately we watch her as she struggles to deal with being unhappy in her mundane life. I was eventually given a solution to the girl's disappearance, but it just didn't feel like enough.
I know that this book will have an audience that will love it. As I said before, the writing is definitely beautiful. If I had known what it was going to focus on ahead of time, and not been expecting something else, I might have been more engaged. Not my favorite read, but give it a try if you're a fan of slow-moving, beautifully written stories.… (més)
Sadie was a really tough character to like. Even now I'm not sure if I was even supposed to like her in the first place. From a young age her character is one who constantly needs the attention and admiration of others. Not happy to fade into the background, Sadie spends her childhood as the alpha of her group friends. With no regard to the feelings of others, and no remorse for her actions, Sadie ends up the same person as an adult.
My favorite part of this book was definitely the writing itself. It flowed onto the pages in beautiful, detailed sentences. Karen Brown shines in her ability to draw the reader into her world. Sadie lives in a quiet suburb, where everyone knows one another and everything is always the same. I could feel the quiet breeze, see the fields of flowers, and hear the rustling leaves. Despite anything else, the writing is really what kept me reading.
The mystery itself, and in fact the reason I chose to read this book initially, was very understated compared to everything else. I was a little disappointed by that fact. This story revolves around Sadie's relationship with her mother, with her friends, and ultimately we watch her as she struggles to deal with being unhappy in her mundane life. I was eventually given a solution to the girl's disappearance, but it just didn't feel like enough.
I know that this book will have an audience that will love it. As I said before, the writing is definitely beautiful. If I had known what it was going to focus on ahead of time, and not been expecting something else, I might have been more engaged. Not my favorite read, but give it a try if you're a fan of slow-moving, beautifully written stories.… (més)
I just did not enjoy this book. I found myself skimming to just get it over with. The novel was slow paced. The characters were dull and there was an excess amount of detail that just was not needed.
I won this from the author, Karen Brown, in a Goodreads giveaway, in exchange for an honest review.
I won this from the author, Karen Brown, in a Goodreads giveaway, in exchange for an honest review.
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .I found this to be an incredibly slow read and my attention wandered quite a bit as the story simply failed to hold my attention. Martha Mary is remarkable in that she sees ghosts but otherwise she's just a bland character. This was, quite simply, a story that just didn't work for me.
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