Been meaning to read this one for a long time—for obvious cinematic reasons.
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Been meaning to read this one for a long time—for obvious cinematic reasons.
so-soIf the writing wasn‘t so good, this would be a Pan. Descriptions and sentiments are wonderful, but the story is a mess of extraneous details irrelevant to the plot, too many meaningless background characters, and a useless protagonist. Confusing without being mysterious, ending did not feel earned.
pickThese are slow stories that twist the mundane into something unsettled and uncomfortable. Maybe it‘s the relatability of the domestic that renders porous the barrier between what is ordinary and what is horrifying. A terrible kind of horror that is not scraping at doors, howling in the night, but growing inside us like mould. 1/4
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Started listening while on trip up north with hubby and continuing. A collection of novelettes.
panI didn't like this book at all. The characters were boring and not fleshed out. I rated this book a 2 out of 5 stars.
pickThe book we were supposed to get in 2004 at the Edinburgh Book Festival. We saw Doris and she spoke but was unable to sign said book because they hadn‘t arrived! We got another signed. One about cats.
Grandmothers contains 4 short novels . Only one is about Grandmothers, the first. I enjoyed it ,but a bit confronting. The others are all completely different. The 2nd was ok. The others not so much.
I‘m surprised I haven‘t read more of her .
When all the books I‘ve requested come at once. Can‘t wait to get started. But where to begin. ? The Doris Lessing are the only hard copies left in our library system. Most of the rest of hers only ebooks now.
