Lee Probert từ Clarinbridge, Co. Galway, Ireland

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05/09/2024

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Lee Probert Sách lại (10)

2018-03-19 08:30

Có Những Bàn Tay Không Chạm Được Dẫu Gần Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: September Rain

Georgia Bottoms has problems. The family fortune is a myth, her mother is slowly succumbing to an Alzheimer's like fog, her brother is a drunk and a petty thief, and her carefully constructed house of adultery cards is starting to tumble down. To top it all off, her illegitimate half African-American son has come back into her life. Did I mention that her best friend (and female mayor of the quaint little town of Six Points) is in love with her? What's a Southern belle to do? I'd heard how funny Childress' books were, so I picked this up at the library; what a disappointment. For me, there were very few laughs in 'Georgia Bottoms', and no heart at all. Childress definitely has ability--his dialogue is well done, and the story does eventually come to a sort of believable end. The problem is that he takes a very round about way of getting there. That's normally not an issue for me (two of my favorites are John Irving and Stephen King, and Lord knows they go all Dickens at a drop of a hat), but the byways in Georgia Bottoms aren't all that interesting, not do they lead naturally to the ending. To tell the truth, it looks like Childress was forcing 'wackiness' in place of actual story. I got frustrated by the meandering side stories because they seemed to be mainly in the service of time worn cliches about the South and Southerners, rather than actually enhancing the story. Childress is no Flannery O'Connor (as he is dubiously compared to on a jacket blurb), no Jan Karon--hell, he's no Fanny Flagg. In Georgia Bottoms, he's created one of the least likable characters I've ever read: she's self-absorbed, self-centered, a hypocrite, and an unabashed racist (though she'd deny both of the last to the death). Her world is... unappealing. I 'get' that perhaps that's something that's supposed to make the reader feel wise--the fact that we see these things about Georgia and she doesn't. David Nicholls does the same thing with his main character, Brian, in the fine 'Starter for 10'. The difference between Georgia and Brian, though, is that we can see ourselves within Brian (even while seeing what a prat he can be); there is no such point of connection with Georgia. I give this two stars--it was ok--because I can see that Childress really does have talent. I'll definitely try another one of his novels, to see if he got it 'right' in another story. Georgia Bottoms is not unstomachable...but I wouldn't read it again.

2018-03-19 09:30

Mẹ Xấu Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Sung-Kyung Park

Probably the best collection of essays...ever!

2018-03-19 10:30

Cõi Người Rung Chuông Tận Thế - Tái bản 03/13/2013 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hồ Anh Thái

Excellent read !

2018-03-19 11:30

Tam Mao Phiêu Lưu Ký - Tập 7 (Tặng Kèm Decal Bóc Dán) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trương Lạc Bình

I enjoyed this one. It is a very complicated mystery and really shows the author's skill. You really have to pay attention with this one and there is certainly no lack for suspects! All the railroad timetables do bog things down a bit but in the end it is so clever that I didn't mind. So fun when it really seems like anyone could have done the deed and I especially loved how it pokes fun at itself at the end by being like by jove you are not going to go and say the milkman did it now after all that in the worst style of detective fiction??! Hah. And thankfully, no, Dorothy Sayers is too good to resort to such tricks.

2018-03-19 12:30

Dốc Quỷ Ám Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Chu Hạo Huy

Great book!

2018-03-19 13:30

Cuộc Chiến Giữa Nhíp Và Quần Đùi Hoa Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: LiNi Thông Minh

Book on tape. I was captivated from start to finish. Another winner by Ken Follett!

2018-03-19 14:30

Kinh Tế Học Vĩ Mô - Tái bản 2007 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: PGS. TS. Nguyễn Văn Dần

This book is incredible.

2018-03-19 15:30

Wow! Những Bí Mật Kỳ Diệu Dành Cho Học Sinh - Tìm Hiểu Về Phương Tiện Giao Thông Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thỏ Dương Dương

** spoiler alert ** You can't go wrong with Philippa Gregory. The Elizabethan books have all been excellent and I'm looking forward to the York/Lancaster series. One little gripe is that the Elizabeth of this book doesn't seem to be the same Elizabeth of the Queens Fool. I wonder if he really did have Amy pushed down the stairs.

2018-03-19 16:30

Microsoft Windows - Giáo Trình Tin Học Phổ Thông Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: VN-Guide

This was one of my favorite books that I read as a kid.

2018-03-19 17:30

12 Con Giáp Và Họ Tên Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Minh Huyền

a really great book. just not "2,000 pages" great.

Người đọc Lee Probert từ Clarinbridge, Co. Galway, Ireland

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.