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Little Gods (2009)

by Anna Richards(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

033046440X (ISBN13: 9780330464406)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Picador

review 1: I loved this book so much, it has definitely become a favourite. Jean is such an engaging character, I couldn't help but pity her, root for her and experience bouts of overwhelming sadness right along with her. Impeccably written with a flair for language most writers can only dream of, Little Gods challenges preconceptions of the 'abnormal' on a grand scale. While some may find the sheer length of the book a little off-putting, all I can say is to stick with it, that even the slow parts are central to the reader following Jean on her path to discovering the answer to her constant internal question. "What are you for?"
review 2: I just couldn't finish this! My feeling was it could have been so good - it had an interesting premise...a biologically overgrown girl... more who finds her place in the world through the chaos of the Second World War, and Richards really has an eye for a quirky simile, but it just didn't grab me - I felt that it kept wasting its opportunities to be a really good page turner. May try to finish it as Jean was just about to head off to America as a GI bride, but for now I need something more gripping! less

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