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Lire Au Lit (2014)

by Sue Gee(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Charleston

review 1: In may ways I liked this book. Sue Gee is able to observe very sensitively, and I could empathise with some of the situations. i imagine that it could be a painful read for people facing the same issues as those of some of her characters: bereavement, marriage under strain, relationships going nowhere. I can see why some readers haven't enjoyed it, and it's easy to feel impatient with this closeted middle class world.
review 2: I’ve just scan read some of the other reviews for this book and I’ve been rather surprised to find out it’s one of those marmite reads- either loved or hated – depending on the tastes of the reader.Unashamedly, I loved it, finding quite unlike any other of the many books I have previously read. Despite the chintzy and rather chic... morek-lit light cover this book has hidden depths and transports the reader into making moral choices and accepting the harsh realities of life.Within a few pages of the novel, as the main female protagonists Dido and Georgia make their separate ways home from a book festival, their prides and peccadillos start to emerge and Gee allows her readers to get to know her characters quite quickly. As each character struggles to assess her past and future, the reader can accompany each individual journey and quickly realises what is hidden beneath the guise of a seemingly normal (or possibly twee) middle class British life with illnesses, ailing and all.Gee’s characters are intelligent and educated (something that may create the ‘marmite’ effect for some readers) and although their lives are full and rich in many respects there are also many voids. Gee’s characterisation of them forms a perfect vessel for her witty commentary and personally I empathised and identified with them quite easily. I was definitely interested in following each journey through.A first read for me of Gee who is quite celebrated in the reading and writing circles I’m involved with. I will certainly read her again and look forward to it. There seems to be definitely more to her books than meets the eye so ignore the front cover pastels and enjoy a slice of life! less

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