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Apr 22, 2021Ravenpicks13 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a book told from a women's perceptive of the separation of her and her husband. It seems like it is going in one direction, but by the middle of the book it ends up in a different direction. This is written in brilliant detail. It…
Dec 10, 2018
from Marsha
Nov 04, 2018
PBS NewsHour - NYT book club pick, Nov
Jun 21, 2018lshabon rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Felt as though I was reading a rough draft of a novel that hasn't been fully fleshed out. The characters felt flat and emotionless and the plot non-existent.
Dec 11, 2017harrissusanc rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A young wife narrates her separation from her husband (and almost everything else) on her search in Greece. Not your typical infidelity story, the Rachel Cusk voice and character grows oddly and gradually distanced and disturbed by all…
Nov 03, 2017LizzieCent rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
A long slog to an unsatisfying ending.
Oct 04, 2017lnbrarian rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A little... boring? But I was compelled enough to finish it.
Jul 10, 2017drichards1701 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I'm always on the lookout for a good mystery and it was rated very well commercially. Usually I will stick with anything but this was too painful to finish. Very slow. Uninteresting characters and plot. Disappointing.
Jun 12, 2017m0mmyl00 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"A woman" (she is never named), travels to Greece in search of her husband, Christopher. Her purpose is to inform him that she wants a divorce, but she's also going at the behest of his mother, who is concerned that she cannot contact him.…
Jun 04, 2017laphampeak rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I read with expectation as the story moved to lack of typical completion. The writing has more style than story so I enjoyed how the author took us on the journey that departed from the more typical search for missing person or who…
Jun 04, 2017llwboston rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I gave up a little less than halfway through, just not "mesmerized" by the endless thought processes of the narrator, who thinks a great deal but seems relentlessly distant from what is actually happening to her. I was curious enough…
May 21, 2017ljjoosse rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Not great. The writing flows easily enough, but there isn't much plot to speak of and the 'insights' the books consists of (instead of plot) aren't very deep. Not a very interesting look at a marriage; the question it explores could be…
May 21, 2017njon38 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A well written and well paced book about love and loss and the end of a marriage told through careful observation of a woman who was in another country while the events unfold.
May 16, 2017ArapahoeAnnaL rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Setting and character figure large, plot is almost nonexistent, in this first person narrative of finely observed behavior and emotions.
May 10, 2017lindab1111 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A psychological exploration of a failed marriage. There is a murder but no resolution to that story line. Pretty much....meh! Who cares.
Apr 16, 2017Rubicat rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I abandoned this book at the halfway point - I found it very rough going. It was slow moving and I became impatient so I really don't know how it ended and I cannot recall any plot points or characters. Not for me.
Apr 16, 2017Novel_Librarian rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book has one of the most mesmerizing voices I've ever encountered - it pulls you in so that you feel like you're in the head of the narrator, losing yourself. It's disorienting when you stop reading, but really nicely intense.
Apr 14, 2017elizali rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Wow! What a beautiful little book. I can see how some would not appreciate this book, but it is a slow and grinding evolution that requires time and digestion. The thing that struck me most is the distance the narrator places between…
Apr 04, 2017jeanie123 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I was very frustrated by the "young woman" (I don't believe we ever learned her name) at the centre of this novel; I could not relate to her in any way. She goes to Greece to locate her missing estranged husband but makes no effort to find…
Apr 01, 2017dbarry111 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written. Cooly perceptive. I was blown away by a scene. The protagonist observes the interactions of a couple from a distance in a hotel lobby in Greece. Though she can't hear their conversation, the protagonist spends…
Mar 27, 2017
At her mother-in-law's request, an unnamed wife travels to Greece to find her husband. When she arrives at the hotel where he is staying, his luggage is there, but he is not. Where is he? This was pretty good. The narrator is very…
Mar 26, 2017ericamurrill rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I haven't been this relieved to be through a book in a long time. I had to force myself to finish this. There is no mystery to this book. The only mystery is why anyone likes it. This book pretends it is about a mystery when her husband…