Comments on: The Paper Palace https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290438 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:06:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290438 In reply to Sarah.

So well put- I felt the same way. Loved her writing and loved the relationship with water, but the mother’s story and even hers got to be too much.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290434 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 15:01:31 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290434 In reply to Laila.

I am, but then I’m not. It’s a fickle year!

]]> By: Sarah https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290432 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:09:23 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290432 This book was a chore at times. The conclusion somehow came out of nowhere for me. I wanted more. It was too subtle in comparison to the build up. There were some stellar philosophical lines about letting go and the ocean… first person stories are strange getting used to for me. Overall the story itself was not worth the work of the beautiful endless descriptions.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290427 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:31:12 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290427 In reply to susan.

Smart idea!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290422 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:23:13 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290422 In reply to Elizabeth.

Ooo…darn, it was a library book and I already returned it. I think I know the answer and I did see it in the end, which may be what I didn’t like. Her choice. Which is a spoiler so I couldn’t write about it.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290421 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:21:39 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290421 In reply to Nicole E Reed.

I’m curious ot know what you think. The trauma in the flashbacks got to be way too much for me. But I loved her writing style.

]]> By: susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290414 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:24:53 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290414 Perhaps I might push this one for fall … I need to gear myself for the abuse part … and I need to stick with summer reads for awhile longer.

]]> By: Elizabeth https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290399 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 23:09:34 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290399 I felt the same about the ending BUT then read that the author said it is not supposed to be an ambiguous ending! She says the clear answer is in the second to last paragraph and the very first page.

]]> By: Nicole E Reed https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290398 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:51:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290398 This book just arrived at my house in the mail this week. Your review has made me move it up the TBR list!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/07/the-paper-palace/#comment-290395 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:02:47 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15951#comment-290395 In reply to Laura Newton.

Thank you! I know so many people who loved this novel, but my rating was mostly for her writing. I’m with you completely between Wallace and Elle the abuse suffered felt almost sensationalistic. The ending made me mad!

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