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Irises (2012)

by Francisco X. Stork(Favorite Author)

3.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

054515135X (ISBN13: 9780545151351)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Arthur A. Levine Books

review 1: This is a young adult story about two sisters navigating their way through family loss and end-of-life decisions. The book delves into issues of faith, the ethics of personal ambition and the search to understand love and the obligations it brings. What do we owe ourselves? What do we owe others? The story has an almost old-fashioned feel to it--maybe because it's told in third person and the girls have been so protected from the world they often sound like they belong to another time. It's lovely in its unique way, and thought-provoking.
review 2: I have really enjoyed Stork's other novels (Marcelo in the Real World and Last Summer of the Death Warriors), so I was really excited to get this one on CD for a road trip. I was really disappointed. It just didn't... more engage me at all (and I love audiobooks). I'm not sure if it was the story itself or if it was the recording artist whose style I didn't like...but I could only force myself to listen to about 20 minutes before I gave up. Because Francisco Stork is a phenomenal writer whose books I usually love, I know I need to check out the print book and see if I have a totally different experience with it. less

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