2016 Tournament of Books

Beschreibung
It's Rooster time again! Here are the books in this year's tournament. Which have you read and how do you rank them? http://www.themorningnews.org/article/the-2016-tournament-of-books-shortlist-and-judges
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Unsere Seelen bei Nacht
von Kent Haruf
2,343 Mitglieder
226 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 1
16 Members
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2
The Turner House
von Angela Flournoy
984 Mitglieder
56 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 2
15 Members
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Erklärungen
teresakayep: A good family saga with a lot of elements I appreciated, especially regarding the way the siblings related to each other. But the haint story didn't quite hand together, and the family was maybe a little too large. (On a different day, I could switch this was The Whites, but it's flaws are bothering me more today.)
3
Der leuchtend blaue Faden
von Anne Tyler
3,067 Mitglieder
209 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 6
11 Members
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Erklärungen
teresakayep: This has grown on me more and more as time has passed. I especially loved the way the myth built up at the beginning is undercut by the true story at the end.
4
The Whites
von Richard Price
740 Mitglieder
56 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 9
11 Members
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Erklärungen
teresakayep: It's a solid piece of crime fiction, well-written, with no major flaws or annoyances.
5
Fates and Furies
von Lauren Groff
3,768 Mitglieder
213 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Globaler Rang 3
15 Members
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6
Ein wenig Leben
von Hanya Yanagihara
7,487 Mitglieder
328 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 10
10 Members
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Erklärungen
teresakayep: MY NEMESIS! The plot is just ridiculous. Some of my agitation is at the near-universal early praise when I disliked it so much right out of the gate. I can see why some would find it moving, but I don't get the extreme heapings of praise it got and found it a relief this fall when more critical views surfaced. I might have hated the Irving more if I finished it, but he didn't manipulate me into wanting to finish even when I was miserable reading it. I could see right away to put it down.
7
The Sellout
von Paul Beatty
3,287 Mitglieder
132 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 5
12 Members
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