EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - SPOILER-FREE
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I get the jazz comparison. Interesting, but at times it seems to be improvised and not following what went before. I know writing a book is improvised as it is new but sometimes it does not seem to flow from what came before or after.
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I'll finish the book, but so far can't say I'm enjoying it much.
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I feel the same way. I am also listening to it and just slightly over half way. Perhaps this book is best read on paper where it is easier to flip back. It would definitely help to have a cast of characters and family trees with timelines.
Jan wrote: “It would definitely help to have a cast of characters and family trees with timelines.”
As I was reading, I kind of felt like the not-knowing was sort of the point—there are a lot of threaded narratives, and they’re supposed to braid together into the whole of the community. So fair enough, I thought. But by the end it was too much for me even to accept that.
As I was reading, I kind of felt like the not-knowing was sort of the point—there are a lot of threaded narratives, and they’re supposed to braid together into the whole of the community. So fair enough, I thought. But by the end it was too much for me even to accept that.
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