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message 1: by Rosemary (last edited Mar 15, 2016 10:47AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Rosemary | 86 comments I gave this 5 stars. I loved the writing style, which is pruned hard with very short paragraphs. All the power is between the lines.

Anybody else finished?


Margaret (gwyneira) I'm so super late to the party! I was initially put off by the writing style, because it's so seemingly simplified, but I ended up realizing that simple doesn't equal simplified. All the emotion is under the surface, and it's really appropriate to the narration.


message 3: by Gina (new) - added it

Gina | 396 comments Mod
That's OK, you can start a discussion at any time! :)


Margaret (gwyneira) Has anyone read anything else by Murray? I wondered whether this was her standard writing style or whether the sort of compressed, held-back feeling of it was something she chose specifically for this book and narrator.


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