Songs Without Words (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Ann Packer
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Author: Ann PackerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-29
ISBN: 0375412816
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: A Major Disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
I devoured Ann Packer's earlier novel, "The Dive From Clausen's Pier," in a matter of days. "Songs Without Words," however, proved to be a major letdown. Packer's eye for detail makes her writing compelling, to be sure, but "Songs" is mired deeply in exhaustive detail that quickly grows tedious. The first hundred pages describe nothing but characters going about their everyday lives, with bits of backstory thrown in for good measure. The book has very little plot, and what plot it does have moves at a sluggish pace, dragged down by excessive and unnecessary details. I grew frustrated with reading it and eventually gave up. (I skipped to the end, though, to make sure nothing exciting happened -- and sure enough, nothing did.)
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