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Lädt ... The clasp (2015. Auflage)von Sloane Crosley
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I chose this book as it sounded like light-hearted escapism, a fun comedy about an adventure to Paris to locate a missing item of jewellery. Firstly, I'm not familiar with the short story that inspired this book. This wasn't a problem however, as it is explained in detail in the book (so I guess now there's no need to read it). However, even without reading it, I'm fairly convinced it is better than this novel. There were a few things that spoilt this book for me. I didn't like any of the characters, I thought they were all a little bit flat and forgettable and, possibly with the exception of Victor, didn't really develop in the story. The storyline could have been really entertaining, but it got swallowed up in pointless dialogue and little events that didn't move the story on, to the point where the story got boring and I almost stopped reading it about half-way through. There were a few times when I had to back-track, having realised I was reading but not taking anything in. There were also a few factual errors (the definition of scurvy, for instance). What was particularly off-putting was the amount of it written in French; a few phrases would have been bad enough, but there were whole paragraphs that I was unable to read and that the author hadn't even given a translation for. What did I like about the book? I enjoyed reading the parts about the necklace that was falling apart. It was clear the author had some good knowledge on the subject of jewellery and that really showed through. Sadly that is all I did like. Emotionally satisfying novel from the memoirist (and humorist), Sloane Crosley. The Clasp features a group of friends reckoning with the first decade out of college: sophisticated, talented, bi-coastal, able to get along some in French – basically just who you imagine Crosley is and hangs with. I knew it would be funny, the surprise was the symmetry, the gentle comeuppance for the central three characters. Recommended for fans of Gen-Y ‘loser lit’. very little plot, and what there is of plot is deceptive -- meaning, the story takes the form of a mystery/treasure hunt, but it is really in service to the other theme of the novel, the protagonists' working through their emotional and professional stagnation, and coming to a sort of reunion between them. This is the heart of the novel, and the hunt is really just a side issue. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt, the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls "perfectly, relentlessly funny" Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives Kezia the second-in-command to a madwoman jewelry designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel the former literary cool kid, selling his wares in Hollywood; and the Eeyore-esque Victor, just fired from a middling search engine. They soon slip back into old roles: Victor loves Kezia. Kezia loves Nathaniel. Nathaniel loves Nathaniel. In the midst of all this semi-merriment, Victor passes out in the mother of the groom's bedroom. He wakes to her jovially slapping him across the face. Instead of a scolding, she offers Victor a story she's never even told her son, about a valuable necklace that disappeared during the Nazi occupation of France. And so a madcap adventure is set into motion, one that leads Victor, Kezia, and Nathaniel from Miami to New York and L.A. to Paris and across France, until they converge at the estate of Guy de Maupassant, author of the classic short story "The Necklace." Heartfelt, suspenseful, and told with Sloane Crosley's inimitable spark and wit, The Clasp is a story of friends struggling to fit together now that their lives haven't gone as planned, of how to separate the real from the fake. Such a task might be possible when it comes to precious stones, but is far more difficult to pull off with humans"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I found all of the characters completely unlikable. From the description I was expecting a fast paced adventure of old college friends searching for a necklace. I wasn't warned that I would have to go through chapters upon chapters of happenings of these mind-maddening characters before any such adventure happened. I assume eventually they do go on an adventure in Paris, but after 215 pages of a 370 page books, I'm not willing to stick around to find out. ( )