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Convergence has finally happened and... Still waiting. For what I cannot say without laying down spoilers. But at this point less than 100 pages from the end, few of the loose threads have been tied.
The quotability of the book has increased since the halfway point. As if war increases introspection.
— Apr 15, 2026 06:47AM
The quotability of the book has increased since the halfway point. As if war increases introspection.
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Grace
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I'm still waiting to see what it was that made this book a Pulitzer Prize winner.
The writing is fine, but not groundbreaking in its prose or artistic in its execution. It's actually incredibly pedestrian in its presentation if you ask me.
As for the story, it's... Well it's slow. Not a whole lot has happened, and whatever has taken place doesn't feel significant. That could change, but I'm getting impatient.
— Apr 11, 2026 03:51PM
The writing is fine, but not groundbreaking in its prose or artistic in its execution. It's actually incredibly pedestrian in its presentation if you ask me.
As for the story, it's... Well it's slow. Not a whole lot has happened, and whatever has taken place doesn't feel significant. That could change, but I'm getting impatient.
Grace
is on page 184 of 531
Nearly two hundred pages in and I haven't yet gotten the reason what the connect is between our two main POVs besides proximity at a certain point in the war. Like I get why they may be important in the context of the story, but not how they relate to one another.
It's a nice enough read so far. But I feel its nothing really spectacular to this point.
— Apr 07, 2026 09:36AM
It's a nice enough read so far. But I feel its nothing really spectacular to this point.
Grace
is on page 24 of 531
I didn't realize this won a Pulitzer when I picked it up. Also didn't realize it was over 500 pages as well.
I bought this some time after finishing The Nightingale thinking I had a taste for WWII fiction. And it has been lamenting on my Kindle reading list since, as I realized my capacity for sad war fiction is actually quite limited.
Why now? Suck cost fallacy. Also, reading challenges.
— Apr 01, 2026 11:20PM
I bought this some time after finishing The Nightingale thinking I had a taste for WWII fiction. And it has been lamenting on my Kindle reading list since, as I realized my capacity for sad war fiction is actually quite limited.
Why now? Suck cost fallacy. Also, reading challenges.
