Holly Goddard Jones
Auteur de The Next Time You See Me
A propos de l'auteur
Holly Goddard Jones is the writer of The Salt Line, The Next Time You See Me and Girl Trouble (stories) and the winner of The Fellowship of Southern Writers' Hillsdale Prize for Excellence in Fiction and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. (Bowker Author Biography)
Crédit image: Photo by Morgan Marie Photography, from author's website
Œuvres de Holly Goddard Jones
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- Nom canonique
- Jones, Holly Goddard
- Date de naissance
- 1979-12-18
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Russellville, Kentucky, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Études
- Ohio State University
- Prix et distinctions
- Peter Taylor Scholarship (2006)
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award (2007)
Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2013)
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 688
- Popularité
- #36,764
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 64
- ISBN
- 34
- Langues
- 3
The book started out as expected, introducing the ensemble cast and setting up their trip which was set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina but once they got underway the story suddenly changed and instead of the high-octane survivalist story that I was expecting turned into a run-of-the-mill thriller with the group being taken prisoners. Instead of adventure and deadly ticks, the narrative became a social commentary on various subjects such as technology, human rights and quality of life concerns. I was left feeling confused and uncertain as to what the book was trying to accomplish.
I have seen mixed comments about this book, some handled the change in story direction well and others did not. I did not. On top of not being the story I expected, I found it quite slow and at times it got quite bogged down in politics. There weren’t any characters that I particularly cared about so all in all, a disappointing read for me.… (plus d'informations)