Evening (Vintage Contemporaries) by Susan Minot
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Book Reviews of Evening (Vintage Contemporaries)
Book Review: Boring and Lame
Summary: 2 Stars
I buy 95% of my books online from Amazon and much of the time based on reader reviews, which is how I decided on Evening. What did I miss?? I was extremely disappointed in this book. The "images" Ann saw from her medicated state included dinosaurs, aspargus, syringes, martini glasses, Chinese men, etc, etc. Sometimes I would have to read an entire page to determine "where" Ann was in her life and the pages without punctuation were horrible to read. The memories of the wedding-weekend 40 years ago were the most enjoyable and was similar to Bridges of Madison County only more slow and boring. I did finish it and was glad when I was done. Like I said, Boring and Lame.Book Review: I just don't get it
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm with the huh? people - I just don't understand why this got good reviews. The writing is so bad that I can't get past the 2nd page. "The person had a deep voice which came from somewhere deep in his chest" - is this supposed to reinforce the fact that his voice was REALLY deep? Or could the author just not find a thesaurus? Some sentences go on and on, free of any punctuation, and some are three words long. How can anyone read this? And who holds books "loosely", anyway? Surprise she didn't drop it. A "contraption with a bad wheel"? Hello, it's called a cart. As I said, I just don't get it.Book Review: Eveing (MTI) Vintage Comtemporaries
Summary: 2 Stars
I saw the movie trailer for this book and also a recommendation from a woman's magazine that this would be a 20 hankie book. I love a good emotional book so I bought it. What a complete waste of time. The words (or thoughts) of the main character in this book were all jumbled together and it made no sense. I did NOT enjoy this book. It was a chore to just get it read. I certainly hope the movie is better. Don't bother with this book. I don't recommend it at all. It jumps around from time period to time period and keeps you confused.Book Review: an average novel
Summary: 2 Stars
I was sorely disappointed in Evening. The concept was interesting and parts of the novel contained beautiful descriptions and dialouge, but other sections just seemed incoherent. An even larger problem for me was that the "love story" centered around a very problematic situation. I'll avoid spoiling the book, but let's just say that unless you are a die-hard romantic you might want to try something else. By the way, this was my office's book club selection for August and no one enjoyed the book.Book Review: Disjointed and confusing
Summary: 2 Stars
While the premise of this story is intriguing, the style with which it is written left me cold. It was too confusing trying to figure out the husbands, boyfriends and children. And it is too predictable in the chain of events.
Linda C. Wright
Author, One Clown Short
One Clown Short