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read this book more than ten years ago and I still keep going back to it every now and again, The whimsy, the imagination and the quirkiness belies an incredibly tender warmth for a family, There is some real beauty in its characters, and in their relationships,
An old favourite. Enough so that to this day I still occasionally find myself thinking 'it was an action she would regret for the rest of her life' as I do something otherwise benign.
Amazing. The YA version of this book The Spell Book of Listen Taylor was my absolute favourite when I was young, When I was reminded of these books recently, I decided to give this one a go, Even knowing the overall plot and its twists and turns, I thoroughly enjoyed and would sincerely recommend it, It was cute and quirky, I enjoyed reading it. Although at times I had a hard time maintaining interest, Its a meh for me, not bad, but not completely my cup of tea, I'm finding this really tricky to rate/review, I liked it, but I was confused most of the time I was reading it so I just forged on hoping it would make sense at some point it did, in the end
I found it hard to keep track of the story.
What exactly was happening and when It seemed the time jumped around and I just had to keep reading to see how it all fell in place and where it fit.
The characters were very unique and intriguing but it took me until the first/of the book to 'get' them
I get the feeling that there was so much more happening under the surface that tied everything together, and I might have missed some of it as it wasn't glaringly obvious, until the last couple of chapters where the real revelations start.
The actual writing was good, Things were described beautifully and kept to the quirky tone,
Definitely not a horrible book, but one I definitely had to make myself preserver at times to keep reading, I'm glad I did though, overall it was a nice sweet story,
This is possibly the most underacknowledged book of all time, I am bowled over by Moriartys creativity upon every reread, IHABMOBP is clever, sweet, and kind of awesomely weird, Despite its quirkiness or maybe because of it, I actually found it to be filled with little moments and observations that felt like they were lifted directly from my own experiences.
The dialogue feels very real Moriarty has an amazing grasp on the bizarre rhythm of actual conversations, Unfortunately, I think you have to order this book from Canada, but its absolutely worth it, I cant praise this book enough,
Lennys bathroom had an apricot theme and an art nouveau pattern around the tiles, Cath looked at herself in the mirror and immediately knew that she was drunk: it was just as shed suspected,
Nine times seven is sixtythree, she said to the mirror, So she was not all that drunk, She was still there, inside her head, doing her nine times tables, But that woman there, that woman in the mirror Who is that, Cath Murphy, who is that
Seven times nine is
In reverse, it was not so good.
I stumbled upon I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes completely unintentionally at the Lifeline Bookfest a few weeks ago, noticed it was written by one of my favourite authors Jaclyn Moriarty wrote sitelinkThe Year Of Secret Assignments and sitelinkFeeling Sorry for Celia, and bought it immediately.
The front page describes it as “a fairytale for grownups”, Id never known Jaclyn Moriarty to write anything but young adult fiction, This was intriguing. I didnt know quite what to expect from it, though I hoped itd be hilarious and touching, So I started reading it,
At first, I was kind of disappointed because it wasnt as uproariously hilarious as often as Finding Cassie Crazy was.
I started thinking about how incredibly unbelievable the plot seemed to be, And then the pieces started falling together, I started seeing past the unbelievable aspects of the novel, and focusing on the warmth with which each character was described, and began appreciating how wellconstructed, as a story, it actually was.
In the end, its actually a pretty wonderful, lighthearted with a fair few serious aspects and touching story about family, mistakes, wishful thinking, making things happen, and the things that make us a bit like everyone else.
What sucked me in was wanting to see how it all unfolded, and figuring out the Zing Family Secret, And what a secret it is! Then, I guess, we all have our secrets, Just maybe not as insane as the Zings,
That said, I wouldnt recommend it if youre not looking for a novel that requires paying attention to detail, and a fair bit of patience.
I wouldnt say I liked it more than Finding Cassie Crazy, but I did enjoy it a lot,
I also wouldnt recommend it to minors, Theres a reason its a fairytale for adults my own emphasis, I don't particularly like singling one book out of the masses and labeling it as my favourite, But, when I'm called upon to do so, I generally say this one, This is the book I most wish I had written myself, It is completely adorable and whimsical whilst still feeling very reflective of every day life, It is as if Moriarty has filtered ordinary events through a romantic, magical lense, Mega fajny przykład lekkiej, ciepłej powieści ze świetnie skonstruowaną fabułą, perełka z bibliotecznej półki, The characters in the book were believable and interesting, The style of writing was annoying and frustrating, It was choppy and all over the place, The storyline was interesting but not written in a way that kept the reader focused, This could have been a really great book if it was written properly, There were too many unnecessary insertions of random information about balloons, It was disappointing to get bogged down in the quagmire when a really good story was drowning in it,
One of the most oddlywritten, weird books I've probably ever read, I thought it was going to be a type of family chicklit book with a bit of magic thrown in, but it was just, like, what Little made sense until the end, and even then it was still only an alright book.
It really wasn't anything like what I expected it to be, And it was a long thing, too, I first read this back in high school and finally got my hands on another copy after thinking for a long time that Id like to reread it.
I liked it just as much as I remembered! It turns out I had forgotten most of the plot so I enjoyed the twists and turns as much as the first time around, if not more! As advertised, it has a very fairy tale for adults feel, as well as feeling very timelessly australian.
Theres a lot in there that is exactly my sense of humour or reminds me of the way I think, . . I feel like its something I would have liked to have written myself, thats how much it appeals to me! Im happy to have rediscovered a new/old favourite! Fun, creative, adorable, and highly recommended.
This book and "The Spell Book of Listen Taylor" cover the same events in different ways, It's a little confusing to say the least, I think this one might be the better retelling but since I read the other one a few years ago I could be wrong.
A list of things I really dislike about this book:
, The fact that no one noticed that Cassie clearly has some form of OCD or anxiety amp then proceeded to help this child Ditto lack of help for Listen Who is clearly lonely, probably depressed, isolated etc.
Um hello!! Pay attention to your children!! Please! Like sure they did in the very end for Listen but it took over a year
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the sheer intensity of the stalking the Zings had photos of everything, including Cath's ankles, sooo many people in her life watching her including her freakin' cat!, a complete and total invasion of her privacy, meetings about it every week, like.
. . the whole thing is really creepy, regardless of the situation or intentions, C'mon. Seriously
. The sheer number of affairs! if they're not directly participating in one, they're fantasising about it, ffs.
. where the hell is my magic Listen's spell book aside this is, . . not what i expected amp certainly not what i wanted, i did enjoy the way it all linked up though, that was well done amp surprisingly subtle,
. This is something I noticed on rereading one of Moriaty's young adult books earlier this year, but I actually find her writing style intensely annoying.
Some bits are ok Cath's mostly, amp Listen's but others are just!! so !! annoying!!! I don't
know if it's just trying to "be in the characters" but it doesn't work.
. This book doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, it's messy and there's a fair bit of unnecessary repetition, There's just bad writing. It's disappointing.
It's not all bad, Some of it's fun, the twist would've been a surprise if I hadn't got annoyed and read a spoiler, the characters, . . are a little too 'tryingtobedifferent" but do have hints of genuine depth, Moriarty writes kids well, and Listen is lovely, though I would've liked more depth from her, Does this come out in "Listen Taylor's Spell Book" But overall this is just, . . disappointing.
Ich bin ehrlich nicht ganz sicher wie ich dieses Buch raten soll,
Ich habe es in einem Zug durchgelesen und es war sehr unterhaltsam, Eine häufige Kritik, die ich gelesen habe, war dass Leute es verwirrend fanden, aber das ging mir gar nicht so, Im Gegenteil die nonlineare Erzählweise war der Part, der mir am besten gefallen hat, Ich fand es großartig wie die Autorin vor und zurück und zur Seite gesprungen ist wie man manchmal die Auswirkungen zuerst gelesen hat und dann erst Kapitel später in einem ganz anderen Zusammenhang erfahren hat wie es dazu kam.
Auch die Perspektivwechsel fand ich sehr gut und literarisch eingesetzt,
Also Mrs Moriarty kann definitiv schreiben und beherrscht Pacing wie kaum eine Zweite, Kudos dafür.
Jetzt kommen wir aber zum negativen Part,
. Die Prämisse.
. Die Charaktere.
So in sich schlüssig der Plot auch erzählt ist wer wann was macht und wie alles zusammenhängt etc, kann das doch keine Sekunde darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass die Prämisse einfach kompletter Schwachsinn ist, Eine Familie tut sich zusammen um einen Menschen rund um die Uhr zu überwachen und ihr Geschenke zukommen zu lassen und ihr Leben zu verschönen Und das alles weil Wieso hätten sie sie nicht einfach
Nichts daran macht irgendeinen Sinn.
Außerdem ist es Stalking ich meine, sie brechen regelmäßig bei ihr ein und bringen Kameras überall an!!!, aber die Autorin versucht es als quirky und adorkable darzustellen, was einfach nicht funktioniert.
Über die dämliche Prämisse hätte ich noch irgendwie hinwegsehen können, wenn ich nicht ein ganz anderes Problem mit dem Buch gehabt hätte.
Die Charaktere.
Abgesehen von Listen, die mir ehrlich und aufrichtig nah ging und die mir sehr ans Herz gewachsen ist und vielleicht noch Cassie, die echt süß war die beiden Kinder halt, waren die Erwachsenen allesamt grässlich.
Cath ist so ein langweiliger, nichtssagender, stereotyper Charakter, Die ganze Art wie sie an ihre Affäre mit ihrem Kollegen rangeht der genauso ein grässlicher Mensch ist ist einfach nur.
. . langweilig. Dröge. Die Autorin versucht leider auch hier Quirkiness als Ersatz für einen Charakter zu verwenden und das funktioniert leider nicht, Alle Charaktere sind SO EXTRA, Sie haben alle lustige Ticks und sagen die ganze Zeit seltsame Dinge, sie tun quirky stuff, Aber sie haben null emotionale Tiefe, Sie sind alle wie Comicfiguren,
Und das ist das eigentlich, was ich dem Buch übel nehmen, Dass es am Ende völlig egal ist was passiert und wer mit wem zusammenbleibt oder sich trennt oder wen betrügt oder nicht.
Weil die Charaktere vollkommen bedeutungslos sind und einem in keinster Weise nah gehen, Am meisten geärgert hat mich Marbie, Vielleicht weil sie so viel Potential gehabt hätte, aber leider am Ende die nervigste und hohlste von allen war,
Bei Fancy kam ganz am Ende wenigstens ein bisschen Character development ein Ansatz, eine Prise, eine homöopathische Dosis, Aber bei allen anderen nope.
Und das ist das, was ich dem Buch viel mehr übel nehme, als die alberne Prämisse,
Schreib und strukturtechnisch würde ich mir allerdings gerne das eine oder andere von der Autorin abgucken, .