Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
by Sara Wheeler
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Author: Sara WheelerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-24
ISBN: 1400060699
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Random House
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Book Review: NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
Summary: 2 Stars
"Denys had been out of Africa for the whole of 1921, Tania for the whole of 1920. They were reunited at the end of the long rains, when fireflies came to the highland woods and skyscrapers of clouds topple through the blue."
I wanted to like this novel very much but it never happened. I thought that I would have found deep and interesting characters, and get to really know the blue-eyed boy Denys Finch Hatton. It was repetitive and vague in many parts, but although it was not for me, others may like it. I was not impressed.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 07/08/08)
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