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The Road Home by: Rose Tremain List Price: £7.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £3.86 You Save: £4.13 (52%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780099478461 ISBN: 0099478463 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: June 12, 2008 Publisher: Vintage Studio: Vintage Sales Rank: 70 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - how did he ?Hey guys , I read the book but from my own experience in learning a foreign language i found it a bit too strange for Lev to learn english so quickly as he learned . I mean , at first he couldnt even speak but after a short time he was fluent in the language already ? Rating:  - A gripping story but sometimes inauthenticThis is a gripping story with lots of great characters and motivations bubbling under the surface. I thought the beginning, when Lev first arrives in the UK, was cleverly balanced - I was constantly surprised by him, and wondering what characters to trust and what on earth was going to happen next, and the same could be said of the ending: it's exactly what you want to happen, but still comes as a surprise. In criticism, I'm not sure the male narration always comes across as authentic - for the most part its done well, but there are a few sections when some facets of Lev's thinking just screamed female to me. All in all an excellent read, highly recommended as good escapism. Rating: - Entertaining Read, But Unoriginal and Easily ForgottenI'm stuck between giving this book a 2 star rating (because, I know that in a few hours time I'll never think about it, or any of the characters again), or a 4 star rating (because, despite it's faults, it did provide me with entertainment for the past few days). So I think I'll settle with a cowardly 3/5, though, if I'm honest, it probably deserves less. I feel that Tremain had all the foundations for a brilliant, life altering, inspiring + revitilasing novel, but realised none of these opportunites and instead decided to tell a stereotyped story with no originality or new depths, purely a piece of toss-away fiction. All the characters had been done 1000000000 times before, there was no originaliy to be drawn from anywhere. Lev, ... Read More: Rating: - Enjoyable read but not my favourite Rose Tremain novelI enjoyed this book, however, out of the four Rose Tremain novels that I've read, this is my least favourite. I couldn't understand why Levs' home country was fictional, and felt that the only reason could be was that Tremain couldn't be bothered to do her research this time, and did she feel obliged to bang a story out quickly simply to please her agent and readers? The approach taken with 'The Road Home' is in stark contrast to, for example, 'Music and Silence' which, in my view, was so well researched, and well written that whilst immersed in it's pages I almost felt as if I were a part of the story. Like I said though, I found 'The Road Home' to be an enjoyable read, just more on a par with the chick ... Read More: Rating:  - A surprisingly good readHaving never read a Rose Tremain book before, I was slightly off put by the title and cover of the book - but as the saying goes, never judge a book by its cover. I was truly caught up in the trials and tribulations of Lev, who struggles, and succeeds in some ways to "make it" in London as a Polish migrant worker. Armed with very few English words - "I am legal", "May I help you", he faces many difficult times before he is helped out by people he meets along the way. A great read with a fantastic cast of characters. |
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