Comments on: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298350 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:10:14 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298350 In reply to Susan.

If they come together with any sort of cohesion it’s not so bad, but these people dipped out for long stretches before reappearing again in a completely different context.

]]> By: Susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298337 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:06:14 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298337 This Is Not good news! I haven’t tried this novel yet …. but your review doesn’t bode well. Still I might have to give a go sometime. I must admit … I struggle when there’s a really large cast of characters in a novel. ugh.

]]> By: Anne Glasgow https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298334 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:16:28 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298334 In reply to Catherine.

We skip the month of July so long books are scheduled for August. I guess I’ll just hope for a miracle—-or skip the meeting.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298331 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:01:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298331 In reply to Anneaustex.

Bookclub?! It almost 700 pages! Your club must be fast readers. I would be hard-pressed to say anything positive about it.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298330 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:59:10 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298330 In reply to Lesley Kleiser.

It’s nice to know I wasn’t alone in this because the novel has shown up on so many Best Of lists. A mystery to me.

On to better books!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298329 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:58:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298329 In reply to Katherine Whetzel.

I blocked out the dog! Ugh. You’re exactly right- gorgeous writing, but a mess of a plot.

]]> By: Katherine Whetzel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298328 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:20:09 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298328 Same here! It was way too long and I got lost trying to follow the characters. The imaginary monster dog (???) ruined it for me. Beautiful writing but it just felt like a waste of time.

]]> By: Lesley Kleiser https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298327 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:10:39 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298327 Finally someone who feels the same way I did about this nevel!! Catherine describes perfectly the reading journey……but she stuck it out to the end…at some point around page 550, I decided to quit…I just couldn’t keep up the struggle to stay engaged any longer.

]]> By: Anneaustex https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/#comment-298326 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:43:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19497#comment-298326 Ugh, I’ve been wanting to read this but have been concerned by some of the comments about it. I can’t think of a time where our reading tastes differed so now I’m really wondering how it’s going to be when I pick it up for bookclub later this year.

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