The Book Depository This One Is Mine by Maria Semple
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Description: This One Is Mine : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9781780221939 : : 31 Jul 2014 : The sparkling debut novel of Maria Semple, author of the WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-shortlisted WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, including reading group notes. The Book Depository This One Is Mine by Maria Semple - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781780221939
MPN: 9781780221939
GTIN: 9781780221939
Author: Annie Clayton
Rating: 5
Review: I came to this after enjoying Where D'You Go Bernadette? I loved every page and thought her plotting downright brilliant in that although she was writing about a whole range of weirdo LA characters, the psychology of each of them was entirely convincing all the way through. It's ages since I stayed up after midnight, reading. (I'm no spring chicken.) But this one did it for me. It's funny, funny, funny - and oh, so, so clever.
Author: sparklies
Rating: 1
Review: I really enjoyed Maria Stemple's last book and eagerly awaited this one. Zzzzzz. I found myself constantly checking how far I still had left in the book and debating whether to just give up on it but - memories of the last book - kept waiting for it to get better. No such luck. It was pretentious and tedious. I need to be engaged and absorbed by a story and have some emotional reaction to the people in it - there seems to be a trend for unlovable characters but they also need to be complex - these were not - and I was left indifferent to them. As for being funny.... Not for me but maybe I don't know enough about the world portrayed to appreciate it.
