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2 A.M. At The Cat's Pajamas (2014)

by Marie-Helene Bertino(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0804140235 (ISBN13: 9780804140232)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Crown

review 1: The subject of this book appealed to me greatly, but a few things kept the story from being a favorite. The cast of characters was large including a 5th grade singer and her sympathetic teacher, her principal, the musicians and owners of a jazz club.Two sex scenes seemed interjected unnecessarily to me and marred the sweet light tone of the novel. There was a little magic realism which should have been dropped or expanded.
review 2: as many have said, I had very mixed feelings about this book. I loved the style, the prose and the interesting characters... the way it wove seemingly disparate threads together as it built up to a common end. that is where it lost me though... it just didn't come together somehow. it felt like it built up so beautifully then just... more sort of gave out. some books build up but intentionally leave things open or unanswered... this didn't fell that way. it ended, and it simply felt like a letdown after the brilliant story leading up to the final coming together. so on the one hand, beautifully done most of the book and I loved the characters... but the end was such a letdown, I finished it sort of confused about which feeling was stronger. less

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