Holly Goddard Jones
Autor(a) de The Next Time You See Me
About the Author
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)
Image credit: Photo by Morgan Marie Photography, from author's website
Obras de Holly Goddard Jones
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Jones, Holly Goddard
- Data de nascimento
- 1979-12-18
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Russellville, Kentucky, USA
- Locais de residência
- Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Educação
- Ohio State University
- Premiações
- Peter Taylor Scholarship (2006)
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award (2007)
Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2013)
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Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 684
- Popularidade
- #36,991
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 64
- ISBNs
- 34
- Idiomas
- 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.… (mais)