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Bel Canto
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2002)
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rated it 4 stars
Jun 12, 2019 07:08AM
Great book - not the easiest read - which I think is kind of the point.
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One of my favourites... would love to re-read but scared I might not love it as much
Another Women's Prize Winner that is in my top favourite all time books. Top shelf stuff!Jane has a point, I wonder if it would have the same impact on a re-read! It's been over a decade since I read it.
“It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.” ― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
“He doesn’t know to want for more because nothing in his life has been as much as this...on that night he thinks that no one has ever had so much and only later will he know he should have asked for more.” ― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
I preferred Commonwealth.
I read this in one sitting - I love the way Patchett just develops the situation. I HAD to know how the book will turn out.
Read this when it came it but only just got around to reading another of hers, State of Wonder. I loved that too.
I would give this 4.5 stars simply because I was a tiny bit disappointed by the ending. What a refreshingly different, original idea for a novel! So many interesting characters! You always knew it was going to end, but no idea how! Definitely one of my favourite reads of the Women's Prize Project so far!
I found this easy to read but given the subject matter I was a surprised that was the case, it felt far to lighthearted to be believable. I did like the characters in as much as we got to know them but this was not really for me. They all seemed to settle to their fate way to easily, no trying to escape even though to do so sounded like it would be simple.
