Dalton
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Wow. Just wow.
I read the first 30 pages or so of Shutter Island over Thanksgiving, but then sat it down and read some other things in December. Guess I should finally get back to it with all the Lehane-lovin' going on here. Of course, I don't remember any of what I read in November now, so it'll all be read again.
I'm such a big Lehane fan. My Dad turned me onto him after his first novel and I've been along for the ride ever since. Also, love that he was involved with the best drama ever, The Wire.
Absolutely.
The mysteries were definitely secondary to the people populating his stories.
it's a book you won't want to put down until you're done
The real wow will be how many fucking people read it.
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The book is a classic exploration of love and its different forms and varying levels of impact......what an interesting response.
To me, it was more like a classic exploration of obsession, infatuation and someone in desperate need of getting a life.
Really, if someone were to do what Florentino did - obsessing about one woman for 50 years - wouldn't he be committed to a mental institution?
I've tried reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, but it's one of those few books I've given up on and probably won't ever finish. There's something about his writing that just rubs me the wrong way; I had barely made it through The Great Gatsby.
I've tried reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, but it's one of those few books I've given up on and probably won't ever finish. There's something about his writing that just rubs me the wrong way; I had barely made it through The Great Gatsby.
Lance will be happy that I'm thoroughly enjoying Scott Pilgrim.
Blame by Michelle Huneven
Patsy is a blackout drunk, and after one particular blackout, she wakes up in jail only to learned that she has killed two people.
The book really isn't just about that, though - fairly quickly, the book moves on through her life. It's about a lot of things. There's something that happens toward the end of the book that brings it back to that initial plot, and I honestly found that part a little bit of a letdown, but I might have just missed the point.
I loved the characters, and really enjoyed this book. I'd definitely read something by this author again.
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