- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Poolbeg Press (1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0905169786
- ISBN-13: 978-0905169781
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Maeve leaves you hanging, and not in a good way,
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This review is from: The Lilac Bus (Paperback)
I want to start off by saying that I have enjoyed most of Maeve's books (my favorites being Tara Road, Evening Class and The Glass Lake), but this one I did not. The book is really a collection of short stories that are woven together, but not in any meaningful sense. Each chapter relates the story of a character, but at the end of the chapter you're waiting for more, waiting to make a connection with that character, waiting for the story to start. And still, at the end of the book you're wondering what the point was. It doesn't go anywhere. She tells you about the different people, but that's it, she just describes them and their histories. There is no plot, no climax, no closure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant but unfinished,
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This review is from: The Lilac Bus (Paperback)
This is a loosely connected collection of character sketches with no real plot. The first chapter about Nancy was intriguing so I read on, but no real story develops. Pleasant but inconsequential fluff.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eight strangers on a bus,
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This review is from: The Lilac Bus (Paperback)
Every Friday Tom Fitzgerald loads up his lilac-colored bus with 7 passengers that he takes from Dublin to Rathdoon. They chat amiably and harbor unspoken feelings about one another, but none of them really knows the others. Each of the passengers, and Tom himself, have secret lives which they wish to keep hidden from the others. In this book, Maeve Binchy uncovers all of these secrets and leaves us to ponder how little we really do know about those we see and chat with on a regular basis. Some of the secrets are noble, but some are not and there is a poignancy about each one. Following the "Lilac Bus" are four unrelated stories where Binchy weaves her magic with quickly sketched characters and plot. Some end a bit abruptly and leave the reader wanting more, but Binchy fans will probably want to include this in their reading.
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