My rating: 1.5
This is about the twenty four year marriage of Lotto and Mathilde. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives...and this book has people who either love it or hate it.
Just like The Monsters of Templeton Groff's writing is so unique that you aren't sure if you want to hang in there but, I was reassured that this book was worth it. Did I mention that this book has people who love it or hate it? A close girlfriend, who usually has the same taste in books as me, said that this book might be amongst her all time favorites. For me, I can't express deeply enough how much I wish I could have the time back that I wasted reading this.
This is about the twenty four year marriage of Lotto and Mathilde. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives...and this book has people who either love it or hate it.
Just like The Monsters of Templeton Groff's writing is so unique that you aren't sure if you want to hang in there but, I was reassured that this book was worth it. Did I mention that this book has people who love it or hate it? A close girlfriend, who usually has the same taste in books as me, said that this book might be amongst her all time favorites. For me, I can't express deeply enough how much I wish I could have the time back that I wasted reading this.
The writing is pretentious (you shouldn't constantly NOTICE the writing), the characters are dispiscable and I don't have anything positive to say other than, save your time and don't read this. My rating is giving Groff credit for her amazing writing ability. I just wish she had characters and a story to go along with it.
I am sorry you didn't enjoy but it confirms that I should not pick it up. This was an option from my Book of the Month subscription in November so I did some research and decided against choosing, now I am glad I did not.
ReplyDeleteIf you read the reviews - people love or hate it but for me, I am really regretting not stopping reading it (and am going to try to be better about doing that in future!)
DeleteThanks for the honest review. I will take that one off my TBR list. That's how I felt about Gold Fame Citrus. I read about 1/4 of it and just dreaded reading it so I abandoned it. Life is too short to read a bad book!
ReplyDeleteOh boy. I have Gold Fame Citrus on my iPod. I have learned my lesson though and, if I don't like it I will abandon it. I agree that life is way too short to read a bad book! Thanks Laney.
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