By: Isabel
Both of her novels are going to be read for our book club. I’ll let you know what we think.
View ArticleBy: KevinfromCanada
Interesting that you are reading them both, Isabel — have you decided in what order? One aspect that I think your book club in New Orleans will bring to the table is the French background which is very...
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It’s funny how it happened. One member selected Hedgehog, another nominated Gourmet. We were supposed to read Gourmet for the April meeting, but the meeting was cancelled. So, we are discussing both in...
View ArticleBy: Sasha
I gave in. The book was too brand-spanking-new and shiny and it just beckoned me. Dammit. Now that I own it–paid money for it!–I expect it to knock my socks off, haha.
View ArticleBy: Michael Levin
A deeply pretentious book. The author is no novelist. She just puts her own thoughts into the mouths of a young girl and a middle-aged concierge. Do people really like this book? I suspect they pretend...
View ArticleBy: KevinfromCanada
Michael: You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think it might be a bit harsh. After all, don’t novelists put thoughts in the mouths of their characters by definition? And while I was...
View ArticleBy: Guy Savage
I wished the novel had concentrated more on the housekeeper. I had a more difficult time with the child-narrator. I gave my copy to a friend who absolutely loved it.
View ArticleBy: KevinfromCanada
Guy: I have to admit I don’t remember much about this book — delighted to hear you found a good home for your copy. Obviously, there are readers who really like the book and more power to them.
View ArticleBy: Guy Savage
The author had a really generous, positive world vision for this book, and that seems to be some of its appeal.
View ArticleBy: Andrea
My mother gave me Hedgehog to read. She loved it; I didn’t, for many of the same reasons you give. One mistake in your review: the Mr. Ozu who moves in is not the filmmaker Ozu whose oeuvre Renee loves...
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