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Bezig met laden... Engelentijd. Roman (1997)door Martha McPhee
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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. This was beautifully written and had great believable characters, but was a bit slow in parts. It follows the early childhood of a girl and her siblings travelling with her bohemian mother. We get to see the love between famliy members even through their flaws as they encounter many interesting characters along the way. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Set in the early 1970s, Bright Angel Time is a dazzling first novel about eight-year-old Kate and her two sisters, whose lives are turned upside down when their mother falls in love with Anton, a mysterious, seductive therapist with five children of his own. 'One of the most shocking and powerful books about childhood I've ever read. There is a whole generation of people waiting for this particular story to be told.' Esther Freud Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Except for Kate, most of the characters remain one-dimensional and mostly static. Anton is the most well-drawn, and comes off as an irresponsible, power-hungry, probable pedophile and definite abuser. Jane, Kate's eldest sister, is the most dynamic, and causes most of the tonal shifts in the family's adventure. The girls' mother, whose name I can't even remember despite finishing the book rather recently, is mostly painted as a victim and a co-dependant, allowing her children to be put in dangerous circumstances and for the most part care for themselves so that she can experience some adventure and romanticism.
The novel ends on a (literal) cliff-hanger, which greatly reduced my enjoyment of it. Books with ambiguous or incomplete endings are one of my pet peeves. Also, the author sometimes comes across as trying to hard to be poetic in her creativity with similes and metaphors. ( )