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Miriam Q

Miriam Q

I'm a writer, a cat lover (this is a picture of my cat Dumpling), movie lover and reader. I love British fiction, Booker Prize winners, contemporary American and Canadian novels, literature by Indian, Chinese and Japanese writers (in English). I also like to vary my reading with some mysteries and fantasy. I'm a young(ish) widow raising two kids... more »
  • MN, USA
  • member since March 14 2008

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  • Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel
    • Rated 2 stars

    “This started out fine, but was really disappointing in the end. I usually like her books a lot, but this book worked so hard to use all her research, and it was awfully sentimental, often crossing the line into cliche. It just didn't feel like a genuine account of real live people during the war. And some of the most interesting events in the books were either glossed over or skipped altogether. I think Berg was out of her element here. Try instead GARDENIAS by Faith Sullivan. (Or any of Faith Sullivan's books, actually.) Berg seems to reluctant to look at the harder edges, the uglier sides of life, and smooths too many things over. The characters end up seeming two-dimensional.”

    Miriam Q wrote this review Thursday, May 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Half Broken Things
    • Rated 4 stars

    “This book reminded me a lot of Ruth Rendell, such as Rendell's ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME. I love books that get inside the minds of people who think oddly, yet to them it makes perfect sense! Quite a different feel from Joss's PUCCINI'S GHOSTS, which I also enjoyed very much.”

    Miriam Q wrote this review Monday, May 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )

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