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The Invitation (2012)

by Anne Cherian(Favorite Author)

3.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0393081605 (ISBN13: 9780393081602)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I really wanted to like this book. I love stories of other cultures and I especially love reading about relationships within them. However, this book dragged on so much I felt like I was watching paint dry. I would put it away for a day and pick it up again, hoping against hope it would pick up a bit, make me care. I managed to get to exactly the middle of the book and I just could not do it any longer. The story surrounds three families and one invitation. Good grief, it really is that dry. I expected more intricacies, more nuances and I just could not wait any longer. For those who stuck it out, I hope it got better - I really do. For me, it just was not enough . . .
review 2: Received this through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway. I enjoyed the book, it wa... mores a easy read, and I foung myself enjoying the characters and their back stories. But I did feel that the ending left alot unsaid. I wanted to know what happened to Mandy and her future. I also wanted to know waht came of Jay and Frances's relationship. I guess I found the ending abrupt, but on a whole found the story fun to read. less

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