What I Loved

by Siri Hustvedt | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0340830727 Global Overview for this book
Registered by sarahmangan of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 4/28/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by sarahmangan from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, April 28, 2014
This book has been on my shelf for years! Read it a long time ago and wasn't a huge fan. Time to set it free to hopefully find some new readers who will enjoy it more than I did!


Journal Entry 2 by sarahmangan at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, April 28, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (4/28/2014 UTC) at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

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Placed in Abi-Gibby's UK book box!

Journal Entry 3 by wingdark-dracowing at Ledbury, Herefordshire United Kingdom on Monday, May 12, 2014
Chosen from the Bookbox - this isn't an author or a book I have heard of before, but it looks like an interesting story. Added to Mount TBR for future perusal :)

Journal Entry 4 by wingdark-dracowing at Ledbury, Herefordshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 18, 2015
I was going to take a bit of time before I wrote this review as I wanted to get my head around my thoughts on this book, but the more I thought the more muddled I got and I guess that is precisely what I loved about this book.

It starts off pretty slowly - the tale of a friendship between a teacher and an artist, their wives and their sons. The writing is lovely, descriptive and you kind of get drawn into their weird and convoluted lives, but towards the end of the first section, it is kind of boring, kind of exhausting, and you feel like giving up. Then there's a sudden death, one that you don't see coming until a couple of pages before, and suddenly this sense of loss, grief and anger enters the narrative. This is then followed by the realisation that another of the characters is so wrong, so devious and horrible - a realisation that the reader is smacked over the head with in much the same way as the other characters. There's a murder mystery, more death, deceit and a thriller-esque chase across America.

All in all, this wasn't what I was expecting. I was captivated by the style and the language from early on. Bill the artist was fascinating and I could imagine going to see, and liking, his artwork. The snippets of information on hysteria and eating disorders was fascinating, as was the art history. And as I said at the beginning, I liked the ending in that it left you a bit confused. There's no happy endings, no pat answers or explanations - this is what happened and that's it!

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