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Bezig met laden... Vanessa (2008)door Russell Banks
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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. Meh. Didn't really care for it. Seemed like a lot was clichéd. I guess just not my kind of story. ( ) @ Adirondack enclave — wealthy — secrets — good history Hindenburg, Spanish civil war — old money clans — privilege, lobotomies — Hitler Twenty-nine-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress, the adopted only child of a highly regarded New York brain surgeon and his socialite wife. Twice married, Vanessa has been scandalously linked to any number of rich and famous men. But on the night of July 4, 1936, at her parents' country home in a remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as The Reserve, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's callow life: her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local artist, Jordan Groves, blithely lands his Waco biplane in the pristine waters of the forbidden Upper Lake. . . . Did not finish this book. Started listening to it as a book on CD, but found it wasn't to my liking. Very descriptive writing, which was not what I was looking for at the moment. Though I don't know for certain because I didn't finish it, I felt I could see the storyline unfolding - married with kids man encounters willowy rich woman on the lakeshore, feels she's "dangerous" and someone to watch out for...but all indications were that he was going to fall for her. Just not my cup of tea. I'm still not sure what to say about this book. I wasn't expecting it to be so much of a soap opera, but ... well, that's what it is. What's really making it difficult to evaluate, however, is that it feels so incomplete. The flash forwards tell the eventual fates of two of the characters, but leaves two others shrouded in mystery. But even in the case of the characters whose lives are given a final punctuation, I felt as though a lot was left unexplored. I can't help but wonder if Banks decided he wanted to write a trashy novel, but in the end couldn't commit to it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Twenty-nine-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress, the adopted only child of a highly regarded New York brain surgeon and his socialite wife. Twice married, Vanessa has been scandalously linked to any number of rich and famous men. But on the night of July 4, 1936, at her parents' country home in a remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as The Reserve, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's callow life: her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local artist, Jordan Groves, blithely lands his Waco biplane in the pristine waters of the forbidden Upper Lake. . . . [Jordan] falls easy prey to her electrifying personality, but it is not long before he discovers that the heiress carries a dark, deeply scarring family secret. Emotionally unstable from the start, and further unhinged by her father's unexpected death, Vanessa begins to spin wildly out of control, manipulating and destroying the lives of all who cross her path.--From publisher description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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