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Lädt ... Banishing Verona (2004)von Margot Livesey
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Having just finished "The House on Fortune Street" I wanted to provide a brief review of Margot Livesey's "Banishing Verona," which absorbed me during the winter of 2004. At the time, my son was living in London on a semester abroad, and we live in the Boston area, so the dual locales of the story were an immediate draw. As she did so skillfully in "Criminials" and "The Missing World", Ms. Livesey deftly draws us into the inner thoughts and often peculiar motives of her characters, and creates pitch-perfect sense of place no matter where her story takes us - Scotland, London, Boston. Her narratives are filled with suspense because they are so remarkably plausible - bizarre situations and often disastrous decisions which would border on the absurd were her characters not so accessible to us. She leads us through a complex and fascinating labrynth with Zeke, Verona, their friends and family, and to a thoroughly satisfying conclusion which ties all threads together. The publication of Ms. Livesey's newest work will undoubtedly create a bump of interest in her backlist - I'm sure those who are just discovering her through House on Fortune Street will be delighted to follow up with Banishing Verona, where she's at the top of her game. My friend Kristi gave me this book, pointing out that it is about two of our favorite cities, London and Boston. Indeed, the book takes place in both locations and I enjoyed traveling through the geography of both, and spotting familiar places along the way. The story is interesting enough, but the constant distance between the two main characters (which I think is meant to be the hook for this book) became tiresome to me as the chapters wore on. Verona, a 7-months pregnant radio talkshow host has a one-night tryst with Zeke, a handsome house painter, who struggles with social situations due to Asperger's syndrome (a mild form of autism). They meet under highly unlikely circumstances and fall in love. Then Verona disappears. The rest of the novel involves the two lovers trying to get back together. In fact, Zeke and Verona only appear together in 3 or four scenes. This is an interesting concept, but, in the end not as compelling as I would have hoped. I never felt enthralled by the story or the characters. An okay book, but not a great one. (Sorry, Geekface. Didn't love it.) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Verona and Zeke fall instantly in love, but since they both have complications in their lives, Verona leaves less than twenty-four hours later. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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While I enjoyed the book I was a bit distracted by several points in the narrative:
- A character who has gone through chemotherapy refers to a tattoo as part of their treatment. To the best of my knowledge, it's radiotherapy that requires the addition of a tattoo to the treatment site.
- By 2004 I'm fairly sure it was not permitted to bring bottles of water through airport security.
- The female character, who is pregnant, has left her home in a hurry in fear for her life yet she for some reason thinks to find and pack condoms.
- This female character then ends up in bed with the male character and manages to find the condoms she has packed, yet on two later pages we are given a description of the sheets' appearance which shouldn't be possible under the circumstances.
Those points aside, it's a good read. ( )