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Bezig met laden... Snowflakedoor Louise Nealon
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Like the main character in Snowflake, Debbie, I'm a working-class culchie who went to Trinity (though are people from Kildare really culchies? Kildare's just kind of Greater Dublin at this point), so I went into this book with hopes that it would resonate me because of that shared experience. Sadly, however, I thought this was an even weaker novel than the much-vaunted Normal People, to which it has been compared. There are some passages of nice prose, and Louise Nealon does have a good ear for rural Irish speech patterns, but let's just say that I was unsurprised to get to the acknowledgements and find out that this started out life as an exercise in a creative writing course. ( ) A good read and a page-turner, for sure. I'm not a fan of first person narrative, but I liked the narrator, except when it felt like she was unreliable. The Uncle character is great, and since this is supposed to be developed into a series, it will be interesting to see who is cast in the role, and how they might further flesh-out his character. Story felt really honest and the humor was a highlight. Not a fan of the mother character or the dream storyline in general-- the dream thing didn't work the way I think the author wanted it to and for me it detracted from the parts of the story that I was interested in. On the other hand, the Uncle's abilities were believable and left me wanting more. There were a lot of things that felt unresolved in the story, and I don't like being left with the sense that the author is holding back for their next book. I'm not sure if that is the case or not. So for me, I like the first 1/2-3/4 of the book better than the ending. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family's rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie's father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve's brother Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites' fierce love for one another is never in doubt. But Debbie's life is changing. Earning a place at Trinity College Dublin, she commutes to her classes a few days a week. Outside the sheltered bubble of her childhood for the first time, Debbie finds herself both overwhelmed and disappointed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. While the familiarity of the farm offers comfort, Debbie still finds herself pulling away from it. Yet just as she begins to ponder the possibilities the future holds, a resurgence of strange dreams raises her fears that she may share Maeve's fate. Then a tragic accident upends the family's equilibrium, and Debbie discovers her next steps may no longer be hers to choose. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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