Charlotte Mendelson
Auteur de When We Were Bad
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de Charlotte Mendelson
Blood Sugar 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Mendelson, Charlotte
- Date de naissance
- 1972
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Études
- Oxford University
King's School, Canterbury, England, UK - Professions
- novelist
editor - Relations
- Briscoe, Joanna (partner)
- Prix et distinctions
- Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
- Agent
- Gill Coleridge (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
Membres
Discussions
2013 Booker longlist: Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson à Booker Prize (Décembre 2013)
Critiques
Many poor reviews, just noticed that this was originally published in 2022. I don’t know if revisions were made but it clearly hasn’t made much difference. These characters are so un-relatable that I often found myself cringing when they spoke. It seems no one has a “vertebrae” as Lucia would call it. I found it to be an outrageous story told by unreliable characters with a ridiculous, unresolved ending.
I was very emotionally involved in this novel. My husband kept hearing me say I hope someone kills him, not my usual reaction to a book. Ray is such an odious character and the depiction of the hold he maintained over his family is realistic and horrible. Over the past 7 years, we have seen horrible behavior and no one stands up to the bully in question. This is the same but on a much smaller scale. Read it to find out what happens.
Great book about family dynamics. Occasionally funny. Characters were very well drawn and credible. Story line moved at a pace. No word waster. I read it in 3-4 days.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 950
- Popularité
- #27,088
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 33
- ISBN
- 48
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 3
I persisted. It was worth it.
The lives of every family member begin to unravel as son Leo’s life very publicly does, the day he leaves his wife-to-be some 4 minutes before they take their vows. It turns out that he isn’t the only one in inner turmoil.
By turns funny, touching and embarrassing, I was engaged with every character, despite their many and obvious flaws, long before the conclusion of the book.… (plus d'informations)