This book is very good at pulling you in and keeping you wanting to read. Not giving away anything that isn't on the back cover you immediatly care for the main character, Laurel, becuase of an attack on her by two men. The rest of the book keeps you interested as you see this girl who has been through this horrific experience pull herself together (to a point in my eyes) and works for a homeless shelter providing apts and places to sleep for misfortunate souls. Laurel gets invovled in a project consisting of old photographs (a plus for me as I love photography) taken by one of the shelters tenants, and a look into the Gatsby era (also fun as that was one of the first books I remember reading and dissecting in an english class and actually enjoying). Finally the book ends with a huge twist that I came nowhere close to expecting. This was the only thing that through me off as it is kind of disturbing and very sad. I was expecting a happy ending and ended up feeling unsettled. Can't get it out of my mind though which is a goal of a book. I would reccommend this book to anyone, but I will say it's not an extremely happy book and does not leave you with warm fuzzy feelings. Still, it's a very good read and enjoyable all the way through till the end.
Friday, December 12, 2008
The Double Bind
This book is very good at pulling you in and keeping you wanting to read. Not giving away anything that isn't on the back cover you immediatly care for the main character, Laurel, becuase of an attack on her by two men. The rest of the book keeps you interested as you see this girl who has been through this horrific experience pull herself together (to a point in my eyes) and works for a homeless shelter providing apts and places to sleep for misfortunate souls. Laurel gets invovled in a project consisting of old photographs (a plus for me as I love photography) taken by one of the shelters tenants, and a look into the Gatsby era (also fun as that was one of the first books I remember reading and dissecting in an english class and actually enjoying). Finally the book ends with a huge twist that I came nowhere close to expecting. This was the only thing that through me off as it is kind of disturbing and very sad. I was expecting a happy ending and ended up feeling unsettled. Can't get it out of my mind though which is a goal of a book. I would reccommend this book to anyone, but I will say it's not an extremely happy book and does not leave you with warm fuzzy feelings. Still, it's a very good read and enjoyable all the way through till the end.
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I have to say when I read this, I was like "am I crazy? Wasn't The Great Gatsby" just a novel? I even looked it up, thinking maybe I'd somehow not realized that the book was based on fact!
Now ... here's the thing. I can't REMEMBER the ending! Shoot. No, wait a minute, I think I'd put it together.
GRRR. This is the thing about reading so much. A book completely takes you over, then a few weeks later, it never happened.
I did love the book, however. And apparently have to read it again!
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