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Marianne Cronin

Teoksen The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot tekijä

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Syntymäaika
1990
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
UK
Maa (karttaa varten)
England, UK
Syntymäpaikka
Warwickshire

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Found: Help - forgotten title, Name that Book (heinäkuu 2023)

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I didn’t finish this book, couldn’t get into it.
 
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janismack | 35 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 16, 2024 |
I wasn't planning on reading this as I had my share of novels dealing with a terminal disease and death. I just read a few pages and was struck by the lightness of it, sense of humour and some beautiful language.
However, this wore off quickly.

In theory, books like this are beautiful, they talk about the beauty of life, friendship (found in the most unexpected places). Some passages were truly a joy to read. However, the book was very uneven in terms of quality.

There were big parts of the novel describing Margot's life in some obscure moments that didn't really add much to the story, while I would have loved to see more conversations between Leni and Margot to add some depth to their relationship. Also, Lenni felt more like a younger child, not a 17-year-old.

The art project got tedious after a while and I lost interest. Pushed through to finish, but it wasn't that great. I think the parts that really stuck with me are the ones describing dealing with PTSD (Margot's dad) and Alzheimer's (Humphrey) that were described in a touching way.
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ZeljanaMaricFerli | 35 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 4, 2024 |
*Contains a few spoilers

At first, I loved the Maeve Binchey-like quality of this story, told from the first-person perspectives of two main characters. Lenni and Margot are extremely likeable, and the plot certainly held my interest. I even felt empathy for Margot when she lost her son, because I too lost a son as an infant. However, I did not appreciate the religious opinions expressed by the author, nor her inclusion of a homosexual element. Margot's character also irked me because it seemed as though she fell in love with anyone who showed even remote interest in her or was convenient at the time. Mina was no good for her, homosexuality aside. She was selfish and completely self-absorbed. I could never understand what Margot saw in her, as a friend or anything else. I also disliked the way in which the author portrayed nuclear families as being undesirable, and that on their deathbeds, Lenni and Humphrey expressed a wish to die alone with strangers rather than family. It's just another attempt to tear down the nuclear family and replace it with a surrogate family of one's own choosing. Quite tragic, really. So while the book had a lot of feel-good elements, I felt that the author's main purpose was to emotionally manipulate her audience and convince them to reject traditional religious and family values.… (lisätietoja)
 
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silva_44 | 35 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 22, 2024 |
Sweet and disarming while never tilting over into preachy or saccharine, though a bit contrived in spots to fit the Swedish birthday song, but that was minimal. I’d give this to fans of Elizabeth Berg, Fannie Flagg, Kent Haruf and recommend for book clubs. Delightful .
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quirkylibrarian | 35 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 15, 2024 |

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