The Shipping News is one of my first Book Club reads.
It's a Pulitzer Prize winner...so I knew it had potential to be a good one! It took me a while to get used to the language and rhythm of her writing. Once I settled into the dialect, I was better able to connect with the characters in the story. I did find parts of it to be so interesting, I was completely immersed and wished I could have heard more, while other parts were a little dull and I found myself tempted to skip over passages. I found it different than anything I had ever read before. Unfortunately, the reviews from the rest of the Book Club were mixed, and the story left little in way of discussion.
It's a Pulitzer Prize winner...so I knew it had potential to be a good one! It took me a while to get used to the language and rhythm of her writing. Once I settled into the dialect, I was better able to connect with the characters in the story. I did find parts of it to be so interesting, I was completely immersed and wished I could have heard more, while other parts were a little dull and I found myself tempted to skip over passages. I found it different than anything I had ever read before. Unfortunately, the reviews from the rest of the Book Club were mixed, and the story left little in way of discussion.
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