- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312340222
- ISBN-13: 978-0312340223
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.2 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 481 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
most boring book I've ever read,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Hatbox Letters (Paperback)
This book was chosen for our book club, and I can honestly say that it is one of the most boring, slow, overly wordy books that we have ever had to read for book club. For the first five chapters, hardly anything happens because so much of the story is about the main character's thoughts and grief about her dead husband. Okay, we get the picture! There's a huge lack of dialogue with any other characters, and although the author obviously has a large vocabulary and is good at describing things, that talent is greatly overused. Boring, boring, boring. I only gave it one star for the odd sentence in the book that sounded good.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the faint of heart,
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This review is from: The Hatbox Letters (Hardcover)
While the language in the book is lovely, and the descriptions powerfully vivid, description does not a book make. The book is slow, and endlessly depressing. There seems no end to the amount of grief poured on multiple characters, and while I realize that is the topic of the book, as a reader I need a break. Obviously it is well written, as the sadness comes across so strongly, but I did not find it uplifting or enlightening. The lack of dialogue leaves you reading page after page waiting for something to happen. When something does happen, it is more bad news. After a while I found it hard to muster up any sympathy for the characters, instead I was just annoyed. I was sorely disappointed in this novel.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books Ive read in a while,
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This review is from: The Hatbox Letters (Paperback)
Grief and loss are topics explored by many authors in many great works of fiction. Often when a great loss occurs, it is followed by a great discovery of memories cherished, secrets revealed or hope in the future restored. The main character in Beth Pownings The Hatbox Letters discovers a past she never knew existed and future made bittersweet because she has to face it alone without the husband she loved so dearly.Pownings eye for detail and poetic prose are breathtaking and awe-inspiring. She transports us into Kates world by vividly describing her thoughts, emotions and physical surroundings. The language is powerful, filled with nuggets of wisdom that are polished to a vibrant shine in the mind, so we can return to them and admire their beauty over and over. In reading this fine novel, I found that I couldnt sprint through its pages. Instead, I enjoyed it at the more leisurely pace of a pleasant stroll, taking the time to pause and immerse myself in the beauty of the literary landscape. Along the way, I found phrases that elicited moments of reflection, others begged to be spoken aloud and admired for their lyrical essence. Powning captured the components of grief as well as what it means to be part of the legacy of a family. The Hatbox Letters is an enlightening and inspirational read that will draw you in to the main characters journey and make you reflect on your own journey.
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