Comments on: A Star Called Henry https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/star-called-henry/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/star-called-henry/#comment-286149 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:20:42 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9759#comment-286149 In reply to Susie | Novel Visits.

I’ve done more backlist reading this month than in a long time. I am completely obsessed with Louise Penny and the Inspector Gamache mysteries, but Nancy Pearl recommended the Roddy Doyle so, of course, I had to read it right away! It is similar to Boyne in its wicked humor, but nowhere near the emotional resonance. It was just thoroughly enjoyable.

]]> By: Susie | Novel Visits https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/star-called-henry/#comment-286134 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:00:50 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9759#comment-286134 Look at you going back to great older books. I’ve never even heard of this one and probably wouldn’t have been all that interested because of my feelings about Irish stories being so depressing. Since The Heart’s Invisible Furies, I’ve come around a little on that one!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/star-called-henry/#comment-286131 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:29:17 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9759#comment-286131 In reply to Tara.

The snarky, self-deprecating humor is the same in both, but Henry is a lighter, rowdier novel. He’s basically a brawler, but he and everyone in the novel is brutally funny even when they’re serious.

]]> By: Tara https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/star-called-henry/#comment-286128 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:30:31 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9759#comment-286128 Oh, wow! I’ve not heard of this one, Catherine; after reading some of The Heart’s Invisible Furies, though (I’m about halfway in and it’s so good!), I’d be willing to give this one a try, too.

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