Alison Smith (4)
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Alison Smith is a curator at Tate Britain. She lives in London, England.
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The Specialist (in McSweeney's 11 - EGGERS) 1 exemplaar
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- 3
- Leden
- 697
- Populariteit
- #36,317
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 14
- ISBNs
- 158
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- 9
This book was very close to a four star book for me. It starts slowly and then gathers terrific momentum. I did feel I had extra interest in the story though as it takes place in my town of Rochester, NY, and references quite a few institutions and locations that I'm familiar with.
The story of Alison's first love is really more of a subplot, but it is the part of the book that I found to be most engaging. I don't want to spoil the story, but Alison's love is such that she feels the need to hide it from family and friends, and she did a great job of evoking the pain that caused her (as well as the increased desire).
The rest of the story is framed around her brother's death, and shows the impact of losing a child on her parents as well as the potential impacts of death on faith. Since I am not religious, I found it harder to relate to this part of the book. Also, some of Alison's anecdotes about her life after her brother died are interesting and made sense to me. But some of her stories seemed overblown - - as if there was a big thought in there somewhere, but I just wasn't "getting it".
All in all though, I read the whole book in three days and enjoyed it throughout. I have a funny feeling that if I hadn't read it RIGHT after The Book Thief, I'd have given it the 4 stars it probably deserves.… (meer)