The Thin Place
by Kathryn Davis
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Author: Kathryn DavisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN: 0316014249
Number of pages: 275
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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- ISBN13: 9780316014243
- Condition: USED - Very Good
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Book Review: Beautifully Written, But Too Remote and Inaccessible
Summary: 2 Stars
The Thin Place is beautifully written, but I can't recommend it. The novel is too remote and too inaccessible.
Because I appreciated Davis's craftmanship, I plowed through. But while I admired The Thin Place, I can't say that I enjoyed most of it.
For those who want a thumbnail, think Thornton Wilder's Our Town with much of the likability stripped out. Davis crafts several characters who arouse sympathy, but because she has chosen a broad palette, they don't stand out sufficiently to make you care about the novel as a whole.
My two stars are for Davis's prose. Had her prose been less luminous, this review would have been one star and I would have branded the book unreadable. Like other under-whelmed reviewers on this site, I agree with the poster who felt that a novel that demands so much work of the reader is more of a household chore than a good book.
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