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Books : The Believers
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780670916122
ISBN: 0670916129
Label: Fig Tree
Manufacturer: Fig Tree
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 25, 2008
Publisher: Fig Tree
Studio: Fig Tree
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Rating:
- Missing something..........
I loved Notes on a Scandal and was really looking forward to this book.
I like Zoe Hellers writing style alot, it reads effortlessly without being lazy. I loved the opening chapter, and the premise while unoriginal was not a bad one.
What stopped me loving the book was the characterisation.
Audrey the main character was a monster and I never feel we really understood her, well I didn't.
I found both daughters a bit one dimensional, I never really empathised with either of ... Read More
Rating:
- Impossible to care...
I loved Zoe Heller's last books but this one is packed with the most unsympathetic bunch of characters I've ever come across in one book. I didn't care about any of them, and the matriarch who dominates the book is so relentlessly unpleasant that I was absolutely indifferent to her fate. Her appalling selfish cruelty towards all her children was implausible and unquestioned by any of her family or friends. Her children were all equally unattractive and, despite their grim family background, I felt ... Read More
Rating:
- The Believers
Zoe Heller's third novel, The Believers, is a delicious satire on modern social mores. Her previous two novels, the sorely unrecognised farce Everything You Know and the thrillingly malicious Notes on a Scandal - which was made into a film - as well as Heller's many entertaining newspaper and magazine columns, have all demonstrated her abilities as a sharp, witty observer of ugly human behaviour. The Believers is rich with more of Heller's wickedly acute apercus.
Set ... Read More
Rating:
- absorbing
This book is totally absorbing. But I do agree with an earlier reviewer who commented that the end felt like it was wrapped up too quickly. It was unsatisfying and felt slightly incomplete and hurried. I felt that the previously discussed flawed nature of the characters added interest, and was absorbed by the details of how they, in particular Audrey, developed. In fact I found this more interesting than many novels with protagonists who it may be easier to like at all times... Additionally, the ... Read More
Rating: - the believers
The Believers
read it read it read it, zoe heller is such a good writer, she can make you feel like you are related to these women in her book!
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The Believers
by: Zoë Heller
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EAN: 9780670916122
ISBN: 0670916129
Label: Fig Tree
Manufacturer: Fig Tree
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 25, 2008
Publisher: Fig Tree
Studio: Fig Tree
Related Items:
Average Rating:
Rating:
- Missing something..........I loved Notes on a Scandal and was really looking forward to this book.
I like Zoe Hellers writing style alot, it reads effortlessly without being lazy. I loved the opening chapter, and the premise while unoriginal was not a bad one.
What stopped me loving the book was the characterisation.
Audrey the main character was a monster and I never feel we really understood her, well I didn't.
I found both daughters a bit one dimensional, I never really empathised with either of ... Read More
Rating:
- Impossible to care...I loved Zoe Heller's last books but this one is packed with the most unsympathetic bunch of characters I've ever come across in one book. I didn't care about any of them, and the matriarch who dominates the book is so relentlessly unpleasant that I was absolutely indifferent to her fate. Her appalling selfish cruelty towards all her children was implausible and unquestioned by any of her family or friends. Her children were all equally unattractive and, despite their grim family background, I felt ... Read More
Rating:
- The BelieversZoe Heller's third novel, The Believers, is a delicious satire on modern social mores. Her previous two novels, the sorely unrecognised farce Everything You Know and the thrillingly malicious Notes on a Scandal - which was made into a film - as well as Heller's many entertaining newspaper and magazine columns, have all demonstrated her abilities as a sharp, witty observer of ugly human behaviour. The Believers is rich with more of Heller's wickedly acute apercus.
Set ... Read More
Rating:
- absorbingThis book is totally absorbing. But I do agree with an earlier reviewer who commented that the end felt like it was wrapped up too quickly. It was unsatisfying and felt slightly incomplete and hurried. I felt that the previously discussed flawed nature of the characters added interest, and was absorbed by the details of how they, in particular Audrey, developed. In fact I found this more interesting than many novels with protagonists who it may be easier to like at all times... Additionally, the ... Read More
Rating:
- the believersThe Believers
read it read it read it, zoe heller is such a good writer, she can make you feel like you are related to these women in her book!
Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable • Art, Architecture & Photography • Audio CDs • Audio Cassettes • Biography • Business, Finance & Law • Calendars, Diaries, Annuals & More • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computing & Internet • Crime, Thrillers & Mystery • Fiction • Food & Drink • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Family & Lifestyle • History • Home & Garden • Horror • Humour • Languages • Mind, Body & Spirit • Music, Stage & Screen • Poetry, Drama & Criticism • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science & Nature • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Scientific, Technical & Medical • Society, Politics & Philosophy • Sports, Hobbies & Games • Study Books • Travel & Holiday • Young Adult • e-Books •
