My review of “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes. Though promising an interesting play on the concepts of memory and truth, this book falls flat, resolving things in an unlikely and unsatisfying conclusion.
Category Archive: Rated D
‘Once Once Upon a Secret’ by Mimi Alford: D (58%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 58%
An interesting book for the first half, but most of the reviewers said the second half dragged on, and it didn’t feel right to some that Alford felt blameless in 18-month affair with President Kennedy.
‘The Dressmaker’ by Kate Alcott: D (61%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 61%
A meticulously-researched historical fiction about characters on the Titanic, many bloggers said the characters were not as deep as they could have been and the ending was predictable and rushed.
‘Gods without Men’ by Hari Kunzru: D (63%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 63%
An intriguing postmodern novel about the Mojave desert, many critics thought it was cliched and overly-fragmented, while others thought it offered wise interpretations of many elusive and esoteric existential concepts.
‘Lone Wolf’ by Jody Picoult: D (61%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 61%
Despite some melodrama and complaints that it’s like every other Jodi Picoult book, “Lone Wolf” manages to stand out due to a compelling character and engaging descriptions of the wolves.
‘Explosive Eighteen’ by Janet Evanovich: D (58%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 58%
The 18th book in the Stephanie Plum series, nearly all bloggers said it was the same basic plot used in most of the previous 17. Some saw that as a positive thing, while the majority saw it as a flaw.
‘Being George Washington’ by Glenn Beck: D (60%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 60%
A polarizing book, this semi-biographical story of Washington oscillates between historical fiction and factual biography. Many found this Washington bland and over-romanticized, but others found him an inspirational model for modern Americans.
‘The Visible Man’ by Chuck Klosterman: D (63%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 63%
An interesting premise with engaging writing, though some of the reviewers found issues in a lack of narrative cohesiveness and poorly-utilized sci-fi aspects
‘The Next Always’ by Nora Roberts: D (64%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 64%
Fans of Nora Roberts were pretty divided on this work. Common criticisms included too much time spend describing how a house is built, the presence of a ghost, and the lack of a “spark” in the romance between the two love interests.
‘The Prague Cemetery’ by Umberto Eco: D- (56%) – Aggregate Book Review
Below Average: 56%
A very important book when understanding hatred, prejudice, and the rise of anti-Semitism, however reviewers found spending that much time with such a horrifically hateful protagonist to be more pain than it may be worth.
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