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Lark & Termite (2009)

by Jayne Anne Phillips(Favorite Author)
3.41 of 5 Votes: 3
ISBN
0375401954 (ISBN13: 9780375401954)
languge
English
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publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
review 1: Ben er nog beduusd van. Wat een prachtig boek. Liet me volledig meeslepen in knappe taal en meedogenloze en liefdevolle personages. Stilistisch klopt het ook helemaal. De (ver)taal- of schrijffoutjes die me alleen in het begin opvielen ten spijt. (Vind het altijd moeilijk te bepalen wat welk soort fout is, dan moet je echt de originele versie erbij hebben....) Geen valse romantiek of vals sentiment maar cynische, liefdevolle loyaliteit en een mooie plot.
review 2: I was intrigued by this book, but found it really difficult to read. It has several different 'narrators' and I struggled with two of them. Having said that, I really enjoyed both Lark and Nonie, and seeing how their stories unfolded - towards the end I found I wanted to keep reading and see what hap
... morepened, but it took a long time for me to get that interested. Overall, an interesting premise, but I just found it disjointed, and it didn't really capture my imagination. less
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joanne
It was a slow start at first, but in the end I enjoyed the story and the writing was beautiful.
lala
A touching story of a big sister (Lark) caring for her little brother (Termite).
WOAHSSSSSSSSSS
Had the makings of good book but I found myself getting bored reading it.
Alicia
Ok story. At times, it dragged.
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