Ariel Djanikian
Teoksen The Office of Mercy tekijä
Tekijän teokset
The Prospectors 2 kappaletta
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- Syntymäaika
- 19??
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Irvine, California, USA - Koulutus
- University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan (MFA | Fiction Writing) - Agentti
- Ferrari-Adler, Jenni
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The Office of Mercy: A Novel Tekijä: Ariel Djanikian
First 3/4 gets 4 stars. An interesting idea that is explored well. But the last 1/4 seemed to be much weaker than the rest.
The essence of a good book lies somewhere inside The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian, but it gets crushed under the weight of too many words. The book tells the fascinating true story of the Bush and Berry families who made a fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush and uses Alice Bush — the plain, middle daughter — as the central figure. Djanikian’s writing moves from decent to good throughout the book, but it could easily lose 50-100 pages and be no worse for the telling as many parts grow redundant, preachy, and boring. Still, readers who enjoy historical fiction and family sagas may want to slog through the long parts for the interesting story of wealth, family, betrayal, and reparations.… (lisätietoja)
Dystopian world, kind of Hunger Games-like, kind of Clockwork Orange-like.
Without spoiling the plot, I can't say much about the relationship between the two main characters, but I will say I never saw the ending coming, and it was cool and disappointing at the same time.
Without spoiling the plot, I can't say much about the relationship between the two main characters, but I will say I never saw the ending coming, and it was cool and disappointing at the same time.
I found myself rather disappointed when I came to the end of this novel. After some of the interesting plot developments and characters that were introduced throughout the story, everything seemed to sort of peter out at the end; possibly to leave an opening for sequels, but the ending was so unsatisfying that I'm not sure I would pick up the next one.
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