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Bezig met laden... The Picture Book (2011)door Jo Baker
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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 a very strong novel with just one flaw, and that would be the inclusion of the character Sully. He was such an insignificant man, with one little secret, and yet he would appear into the story every decade or so and cause major upheavals to the lives of the main characters. It just didn't ring true, and it was when he Finally completely disappeared from the story that the novel really began to shine. Loved the ending !
“The Undertow” is messy and imperfect. It has a false start and a terrible ending, a few saccharine scenes and a joker whose recurring appearances start to strain. The prose can be jammy. And yet this portrait of four generations of a reticent British family is emotionally powerful. At one point, Billie stands in front of the famous painting “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist.” “You can’t switch off,” she thinks. “You can’t walk away. You have to look.” Baker is no Caravaggio. But you can’t walk away from her book. Onderscheidingen
"A novel about four generations of a British family--their secrets, their loves and losses, dreams and heartbreaks--captured in a series of individual moments that span the years from World War I, to World War II, to the 1960s, and up to the present"--Provided by publisher. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I found the first part of the book, about William, the First World War and Gallipoli, a bit shadowy, but it got more interesting with the stories of his widow and son in the 1920s and up to the Second World War. Jo Baker is good at using historical detail to evoke the period, and explores the thoughts and feelings, imaginatively and convincingly engaging with how people might have felt. There are some rather clunky sentences dropped in, statements about the eternal events of death and life and love.
Still, I enjoyed reading this, Jo Baker's 4th novel, and will be looking out for the first 3.
Reviewed via the Amazon Vine program on 16 November 2011. ( )