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But Not For Long (2009)

by Michelle Wildgen(Favorite Author)

2.71 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312571410 (ISBN13: 9780312571412)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

review 1: Unfortunately mediocre. I had high hopes. I'm always endeared to any of Wildgen's writing because she sets her novels in my city. I recognize the street names, the neighborhood descriptions, and love how the farmer's market is basically a character in each of her novels (accurate, for Madisonians). But this book rang hollow for me. It had its moments, but the characterization was flat. I appreciated the concept - no "real" conflict and resolution, vague sense of apocalyptic foreboding churning the narrative along. But the execution didn't do it for me.
review 2: Some extremely beautiful passages, and I very much agree with the reviewer who commented on the writer's ability to illuminate the awkward moments and relationships that abound in the world. Overall, fo... morer me, there was too much too much. I was able to notice too easily when there was a flow; which meant that for me there often wasn't a flow. Part of it is because it is set in Madison, where I live, so I get too caught up on that and am not able to dive in the way I do, usually, with a setting that isn't known to me. less

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