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The House at Riverton
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bookshelves: womens-fiction, how-are-you-even-alive, it-s-not-you-it-s-me, phony-and-self-indulgent-as-hell, authors-i-just-don-t-get
Nov 04, 2014
bookshelves: womens-fiction, how-are-you-even-alive, it-s-not-you-it-s-me, phony-and-self-indulgent-as-hell, authors-i-just-don-t-get
Ah, well...
There are fake dramas that work so well, that you don't realise that they are fake, or even if you do, you don't mind.
Then there are those where you see them coming from the beginning (a good example for this is another book I read from this author, The Forgotten Garden) and dislike them at once.
This book was an in-between. It's fairly well written and in the beginning I did not realise anything was amiss. Despite the length, and sometimes being a bit bored, I read on quickly enough, because I wanted to get to the end of it. But when I did ... the fake drama came and slapped me in the face, which of course I did not like in the least and the whole experience got spoiled.
There are fake dramas that work so well, that you don't realise that they are fake, or even if you do, you don't mind.
Then there are those where you see them coming from the beginning (a good example for this is another book I read from this author, The Forgotten Garden) and dislike them at once.
This book was an in-between. It's fairly well written and in the beginning I did not realise anything was amiss. Despite the length, and sometimes being a bit bored, I read on quickly enough, because I wanted to get to the end of it. But when I did ... the fake drama came and slapped me in the face, which of course I did not like in the least and the whole experience got spoiled.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
November 4, 2014
– Shelved
September 6, 2016
– Shelved as:
womens-fiction
January 16, 2017
– Shelved as:
how-are-you-even-alive
May 29, 2023
– Shelved as:
it-s-not-you-it-s-me
May 29, 2023
– Shelved as:
phony-and-self-indulgent-as-hell
April 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
authors-i-just-don-t-get
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May 11, 2020 05:06AM
Oh gosh! I think I have this book. Maybe I will read it when I am in the mood for drama (fake or otherwise) 😋😂.
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Tahera wrote: "Oh gosh! I think I have this book. Maybe I will read it when I am in the mood for drama (fake or otherwise) 😋😂."It's got a lot of good reviews, and quite a few GR friends - who have similar tastes to mine- like this author, but for me she's clearly an "its not you, it's me" kind of author. We just don't match. :)
I read another book of hers (The Forgotten Garden) and that I hated! So I just stopped there and then.
Terrific review, shall never risk reading it :-O
Thank you, but maybe you could still give KM a try and end up enjoying her work. :) Lots of my GR friends like her books, but for me she's clearly a "it's not you, it's me" author. ;)
Melindam wrote: "Thank you, but maybe you could still give KM a try and end up enjoying her work. :) Lots of my GR friends like her books, but for me she's clearly a "it's not you, it's me" author. ;)"
Melindam , your honest opinion is laudable. I openly applaud anyone who voices her opinion with audacity and no inhibitions! Sending loads of love <3
