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En Attendant Babylone (2010)

by Amanda Boyden(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2226215271 (ISBN13: 9782226215277)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Albin Michel

review 1: This read was rather dragging. I had some problems with the language as every character speaks in his own colloquial - for not being mothertongue english speaker this was not as easy. But also I didnt really like any of the characters and this is always hard for me, then I am not as interested in the outcome of the story, but the story developed eventually and in the end it was getting easier to read and I got forward with the book.I also dont really understand what was that book about - a neighbour hood in New Orleans before Katrina, obviously a city used to Hurricanes with a lot of social problems and I surely understand such a catastrophy changes things and is traumatising for the people, but what was this book for? Maybe I simply didnt understand it re... moreally.
review 2: Set in New Orleans, I was not very fond of the book, but read it for a book club. I found the characters to be very unlikable and straight out of "central casting". However, I did get the opportunity to meet the author and she said that she challenged herself to present unlikable characters and try to get the reader to like them before the end of the book.After her talk and some additional information about where she was coming from it did leave me with a better feeling about the book. less

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