Books by Sophie Divry
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review 1: I wasn't enamoured by this book as whole as I felt that it wasn't long enough to create any storyline and yet wasn't short enough to be a true short story. However, I did find myself totally engrossed from start to finish and only realised that I must have read some pages more t...
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review 1: A single, lonely bookish woman working in a library finds a man who was locked in the basement overnight. This novella is her conversation - and only her side of it - with the man, a soliloquy as she passionately discusses history, literature, the Dewey Decimal System, and her un...
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review 1: I am a big fan of short stories and this is exactly what this book is. It is every short, just over 90 pages which makes it perfect for you to be able to read in a single sitting. I took the book along to an appointment I had to attend and I finished it while I was there. This ma...
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review 1: A book about someone who loves and lives for books, talking about books. But more than that - a book about loneliness, about alienation and daring to open up in a world that doesn't reflect your values. A book about vulnerability. I'm sure the style will be a turn-off for many...
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review 1: This is a book you can read in one gulp in a idle hour or two. In fact it's probably better if you do, given the style. It's written as a stream-of-consciousness monologue, and has moments of both humour and pathos, and times when you just nod your head and agree... (Or disagree....