Charlotte Mendelson
Autor(a) de When We Were Bad
About the Author
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Obras de Charlotte Mendelson
Blood Sugar 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Mendelson, Charlotte
- Data de nascimento
- 1972
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- England
UK - Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Educação
- Oxford University
King's School, Canterbury, England, UK - Ocupação
- novelist
editor - Relacionamentos
- Briscoe, Joanna (partner)
- Premiações
- Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
- Agente
- Gill Coleridge (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
Membros
Discussions
2013 Booker longlist: Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson em Booker Prize (Dezembro 2013)
Resenhas
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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 950
- Popularidade
- #27,088
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 33
- ISBNs
- 48
- Idiomas
- 5
- Favorito
- 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.… (mais)