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Chargement... The Garden of Dead Dreams (édition 2014)par Abby Quillen (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. Actually one of the best books I have read this year. It was a surprise...a literary mystery that slowly unfurled and encompassed a bit of American history as well; albeit, not a period Americans are proud of today. This is very well written, and I am reminded of the sign I recently saw in a bookstore's window: "I'm going to clean the house now...ooh, look, a book." This novel was engrossing and compelling and beautifully written. All of my plans fell by the wayside. The prose was lovely and the author made it seem effortless, never forced. Just enough was revealed about the characters to make me want to know more, but I was never bored with unnecessary minutiae. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more by this author. A copy was received in exchange for an honest review. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A spellbinding mystery about the price we pay for keeping secrets. The Garden of Dead Dreams explores whether it's possible to remake our lives when no one can erase the past.Vincent Buchanan was one of America's most cherished authors. His 1943 novel The Western Defense is not only considered a work of literary genius; it may have helped the United States triumph against Japan in the Second World War.Nearly seventy years after its release, twenty-eight-year-old Etta Lawrence is a student at the prestigious creative writing academy the late Buchanan founded in a majestic lodge tucked beneath Oregon's fog-laced Douglas firs and Western red cedars. She's intent on rewriting her life by winning the coveted Buchanan Prize, a ticket to literary stardom.Then a handsome visiting poet arrives at the academy, and Etta's bubbly roommate Olivia latches onto him and begins acting distant, disturbed, and hysterical. Etta peeks through her roommate's belongings and stumbles onto a revelation about Buchanan's personal life that could change the way people think about the famous author.Etta's convinced the discovery may be connected to the poet's arrival and Olivia's troubling behavior. She enlists two of her smart, quirky classmates to help her investigate. They find clues in the scenes of one of Buchanan's short stories, the academy's dusty administration files, and a dilapidated pioneer cemetery on the school grounds.But as Etta twists through the murky forest of Buchanan's past, she has more to lose than just her chances of starting over. Someone at the isolated academy is deadly serious about keeping Buchanan's personal history private. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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On the positive side, events play out in a logical manner and the side characters act and react according to their own motives, not to any contrived plot. The writing is clean, with a few awkward phrases here and there, but nothing that takes the reader out of the story.
However, it took me far too long to finish this book. It was a slow, tedious plodding story with a main character - Etta - who was the most boring I-guy personality. She was a passive witness through much of the story, reacting and thinking and introspecting and pondering for long periods of time. There were a few scenes of agency, such as the daring fall out a window, but other than that she just thought to herself a lot.
I would not read this book again. I do not recommend it to anyone. ( )