Amy Grace Loyd
Autor(a) de The Affairs of Others: A Novel
About the Author
Obras por Amy Grace Loyd
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Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
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Sadly, this one didn't grab me, so I'm taking it back to the library and moving on. Maybe I'll try again sometime.
This started off okay, when I was hopeful that it was going to be about awful people having a comeuppance, but it turned out that no, the book was about the awful people. While it is true that poor decisions can be the basis for interesting stories, it's not automatic. All the poor decisions depicted here are tiresome.
Overall, I'm embarrassed it was set in New York.
Overall, I'm embarrassed it was set in New York.
Spoiler alert! I must have read good reviews of this book, but I was a little disappointing. The main character was kind of alienating. And I felt bad for the guy who left his orchids behind, along with all his other nice stuff. The assuaging of grief through violent or ugly sex was a little overwhelming; I'm not saying it doesn't happen but it was a little too much. I don't know, I told my sister that it was weird in a way that isn't the kind of weird that appeals to me. I guess a person could write a while, trying to analyze the main character, but it doesn't seem worth it to me. I think she should get some help to get over her guilt.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 149
- Popularidade
- #139,413
- Avaliação
- 2.8
- Críticas
- 11
- ISBN
- 13
- Línguas
- 2
I enjoyed Loyd's writing, but found that I wasn't all that curious about the characters. I do appreciate how she created a tiny world inside a Brooklyn brownstone that was converted to apartments.