Mark Langley

Tom lake is excellent

Revisado: 11-03-24

Meryl step is an excellent actress and and excellent choice for this work. this is a great piece of literary fiction. (say... watch Our Town... you'll appreciate this more. )

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excellent novel

Revisado: 07-04-24

you'll see why it won a pulitzer prize. good conflicts. interior view of life in middle age.

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more acclaim for glass hotel

Revisado: 08-02-22

Excellent craft, compelling characters, and a few welcome return (minor) players from Station 11. the story keeps moving and the reader's suspense is well rewarded by the end.

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tomorrow... an excellent listen.

Revisado: 07-20-22

well crafted. intriguing characters. good setting of game writers and a take on romance and friendship, collaboration and competition. top notch.
One of the things Zevin does particularly well is create (and detail even-handedly) personal conflicts between the characters. In fact, a more apt title might be Both Sides, the name of a game that gets developed in the book. The different perspectives on the events are meticulously thought out and insightful.

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excellent novel to base a series on

Revisado: 06-26-22

very rich tapestry of interlocking lives in a pre and post pandemic world. the Netflix adaptation is also excellent from a story-mechanics perspective. reading the novel adds to the rich visual experience of the show.

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Curtis Sittenfeld is one of our top writers now

Revisado: 02-09-22

The nuances of well-crafted literary fiction applied to modern life, including relationships, success, failure and the points in between.

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engrossing narrative, original voice

Revisado: 08-07-21

couldn't put down. Great pace. strong character development. excellent literary fiction work by a modern writer. I felt like I knew the people.

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A masterful novel; not a sentence is wasted

Revisado: 03-03-21

Greene is a masterful storyteller. Using a novelist as narrator, he tells the story clearly with precise prose, simple action and a direct storyline. I was impressed with how well Greene was able to convey feeling and internal conflicts in the characters using action and dialog, without having to rely on descriptions of a character's vague mental state. The characters are three-dimensional, with both likeable and disagreeable qualities. The conflicts seem current, even though it takes place in post WWII London, and is 70 years old. The role of religion seems modern and fresh, and comes to play an interesting role in the internal and external conflicts of the characters. It's easy to see why it's been adapted for the screen twice.
Colin Firth's performance is companionable and easy to follow -- a style that works well with the Greene's spare stylistic structure, and consistent tempo. It never drags. It's never rushed.

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Buzz Shepard

Revisado: 02-26-21

Good translation as far as I can tell. Older performance, spirited. a good reading. not over engineered, certainly. good match for a long work. A good listen.

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dostoevsky improved. good translation.

Revisado: 01-22-21

the translation is smooth and accurate. reading good, but a little monotone. great audiobook and wonderful walking companion.

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