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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This is a beautifully written and difficult to read (in a good way) love story. This book was so much better than anything I have read recently that I was terrified the author might let me down. At first I wasn’t sure I liked where the last chapter was going, but in the end it was perfect. Anything else I could say would be a spoiler. I have already ordered McKeon’s first book, Solace, and I might save it until the summer. Highly recommend! ( ) When this opened I thought, I might like this. University life in Dublin - shades of Normal People. Even the audiobook's narrator, Michelle Ferguson, with a strong Irish accent in my books, was understandable with a reasonably pleasant timbre - two qualities I haven't always found with the Irish narrators chosen to read Irish stories. And I quite enjoyed the style of writing, the sharp eye for detail, the perceptions. Didn't much like the swearing, which wasn't in direct speech but in the author's writing, strangely. But I couldn't get into the story. The story was a non-story, despite the sharp detail in the telling - where was it going?! So I gave up listening to the audiobook after 3/13 parts. This is a story of two immature people in a difficult relationship in the late 20th century. Catherine finds herself attracted to, and then dependent on, a gay man. She constantly behaves in a way she regrets and doesn't fully understand. I can completely accept review opinions along the lines of: "this was 400 pages of annoying, self-centred, destructive behaviour". Catherine certainly doesn't seem like someone I would like to know. But Belinda McKeon has done a pretty good job of creating such a character, and for painting a picture of Irish university life in the late 20th century. Being gay is never going to be easy in this largely homophobic society, and we do get a sense of the difficulty of negotiating a path to a good relationship through the many and varied obstacles. I didn't really understand what made Catherine into the girl that we meet, but I guess that's a situation we're always encountering. I behave in ways I don't like too....why? The ending of the book really makes the preceding 400 pages of reading worthwhile. And the author photograph by Alen MacWeeney is one of the best I've seen. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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When they meet in Dublin in the late nineties, Catherine was a sheltered college student; James an adventurous, charismatic young artist. In a city brimming with possibilities, he spurs her to take life on with gusto. But as Catherine opens herself to new experiences, James's life becomes a prison; as changed as the new Ireland may be, it is still not a place in which he feels able to truly be himself. As time moves on, she discovers there is a fine line between helping someone and hurting him further. When crisis hits, Catherine finds herself at the mercy of feelings she cannot control, leading her to jeopardize all she holds dear. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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