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My first Ann Patchett

Revisado: 10-22-19

And now I will binge. I love her simple way of story telling - not straining to overuse her vocabulary, pacing to exactly the right speed... with just enough detail (the book is about a house that we ultimately only hear a little about insofar as the actual physical details) but plenty of room to imagine or invoke our own idea of what it would look like (I have the house illustrated exactly in my head). Loved it.

As far as the story itself, I didn't understand all of the characters' motivations (neither for good nor bad) but found I didn't need to. Like the sketch of the house she gives just enough to make you imagine and decide on your own. Once I relaxed and let go of my need for answers and started filling them in myself, I THINK I got it. Relationships in families are the way she portrayed them... vague sometimes, hyper-focused others... always raw... some unsung... pervasive, persistent and so on.

And Tom Hanks. I am not sure why he said the chapter titles the way he did (very odd...) but the rest was flawless.

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Didn’t know a thing about it...

Revisado: 03-02-19

Of course I’d heard about the play but never paid attention to the storyline so I knew nothing about the story. I was surprised by the story; it wasn’t at all what I expected. I enjoyed it very much! It spoke to me on several levels and the narration was terrific.

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Enjoyable and somewhat surprising!

Revisado: 01-22-19

I didn't see the plot twist, though I hoped it was coming. I'll admit you have to extend your imagination to accept some of (all?) Jackson's actions and to believe that Amber would go to such lengths. But if you can do that, it's pretty entertaining. Great narrator as well.

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I don't understand these other reviews.

Revisado: 01-22-19

This was a monotonous story about an unlikeable person who for vague reasons drugs herself for a year to sleep. Endless narrative about her drugs, her Psychiatrist (<- not believable) and her own comments about her own beauty. Blah, blah, blah. Subplots such as the artist who FOR NO EXPLICABLE REASON becomes obsessed with her, the friend who FOR NO EXPLICABLE REASON is obsessed with her are just enjoyable because they are a much-needed break from her blathering about drugs and being tired. Do the drugs she talks about do what she actually says they do? Would she have lived mixing all these drugs? I was hoping for an overdose, personally.

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