Emily

Classic Wharton, I loved this!

Revisado: 05-06-20

I thought I had read all the Wharton there was to read, and then so happily stumbled upon this book! It’s so wonderful, I enjoyed every minute. Compared to her earlier books, it’s so intriguing how the element of divorce upends things that would never have been acceptable in the early works.

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Beautifully written!

Revisado: 10-25-19

I loved how expansive and detailed this story is - huge character arcs told in small, complex scenes. The writing is beautiful and playful and such a pleasure to read. Highly recommend!

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Great narrators brought this to life!

Revisado: 08-31-19

The Limits of the World is a book full of complicated, intriguing characters, and I read it quickly because I wanted to see what they would do next. The way the book moves through time, across continents, and between families also kept me reading - we were never in one place for too long, or with one character. I enjoyed all the different voices and sections, and learned a lot (in a fun way!) about the Indian diaspora, about Kenya, and even about life in academia. The way these characters discussed marriage, family, money, and homeland made me think a lot about how I value those things, too. Highly recommend the audiobook, which had great narrators that did a good job differentiating the character's narration. A wonderful read and a book I will read again!

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Absolutely stunning! Maya Angelou reincarnated.

Revisado: 02-06-17

From the first paragraphs this book took my breath away! The narrator really brought to the fore the beautiful, poetic language, writing that I really haven't found since I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The story itself is sweet, sad, so real and yet beautified, bedazzled with vivid language. I'm sad it was so short, I could've kept listening forever.

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As good or better than the movie!

Revisado: 09-14-16

I loved this so much. I've always been a big fan of the movie and this didn't disappoint. It really made me r

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Wonderful reading of a great story

Revisado: 08-30-16

I've always loved Persuasion, and this narrator is really perfect! Highly recommend her. For an Austen novel things move along quite quickly, and with good narration the characters come alive even more than before.

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Read Russian lit - don't listen to it

Revisado: 08-22-16

This was a good story and it moves along at a decent speed which is remarkable in Russian literature. I've read some and listened to some, and I'm finally convinced that it is too dense to enjoy as an audiobook. It just turns you around. And because the patronymics are not clearly laid out, the first half of the audiobook is spent trying to figure out which goes with which character. It is a good story and the characters are good, but I almost feel that it could have been a novella, it is so odd and charming but gets weigh laid with heavier material in the middle.

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Good but not great

Revisado: 02-29-16

I enjoyed this overall and would recommend it, but the writing seems a little lazy and predictable at times. I know it's a young adult novel but you can sometimes feel the writer relying on obvious tropes and common turns of phrase that you'd expect from YA. Some parts feel very derivative from the Hunger Games, but I found the end of the book was strong enough and surprising enough to really redeem it overall. One of my frustrations with YA characters is their lack of change; they are so consistent or defined by consistent characteristics that it feels improbable. This protagonist changes and is changed by her experiences and frustrations, becoming a problematic and occasionally unlikable leader. That felt like the truest choice the writer could have made, and I'm glad she was bold enough to complicate the character and story, even the love story, with this.

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A great work, great narrator, but very long!

Revisado: 02-20-16

I enjoyed this book once it really got going! The characters are wonderfully done and there is such witty humor in between them and their perceptions of themselves. I find it interesting that this book is seen as an iconic 1980s novel, because I felt, reading it, like it could easily be about the present day. The excess of capitalistic Wall Street, the race tensions, the media's ravenous bad taste - it's all there!

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Enjoyable YA adventure once it gets going!

Revisado: 01-12-16

What does Amanda Dolan bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The narrator really acts things out and I found her narration very exciting and emotive.

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I've been making a study of young adult fantasy/future fiction so I find it hard to gloss over a few glaringly obvious moments or tropes that appear, but it is really to be expected. Once the story is all set up and rolling, the tropes and cliches fall away and this narrative is really quite innovative and intriguing. I'm looking forward to the next!

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