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What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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GLORIOUS FUN! What Was She Thinking earned a very well-deserved Man Booker Prize nomination in 2003.
This story is so much more than the surface scandal of the teacher and the student, which really just provides the backdrop.
Written in diary form, the story-teller (a friend of the teacher's) is retelling the events of the past months, leading up to the present-day ending.
The diary-writer is a delicious character to unravel. You love her, you feel for her, yet at times... she creeps you out. Are her reactions to the events in the story typical and human? Or... is she perhaps leaning a little bit... psychopathic? She's a real trip.
This book is full of so many right-on-point observations about people and life, so perfectly said, you wonder why you never thought to describe them that way yourself.
This was just so much fun to read, so hard to put down. The last sentence actually gave me chills. I completely did not see it coming, and it was fantastic!
This story is so much more than the surface scandal of the teacher and the student, which really just provides the backdrop.
Written in diary form, the story-teller (a friend of the teacher's) is retelling the events of the past months, leading up to the present-day ending.
The diary-writer is a delicious character to unravel. You love her, you feel for her, yet at times... she creeps you out. Are her reactions to the events in the story typical and human? Or... is she perhaps leaning a little bit... psychopathic? She's a real trip.
This book is full of so many right-on-point observations about people and life, so perfectly said, you wonder why you never thought to describe them that way yourself.
This was just so much fun to read, so hard to put down. The last sentence actually gave me chills. I completely did not see it coming, and it was fantastic!
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February 19, 2018
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Started Reading
February 24, 2018
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Finished Reading
March 8, 2018
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October 27, 2018
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October 27, 2018
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Mar 21, 2018 03:08PM
I'm sort of fascinated with this kind of story.
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Saw the movie that was based on this book. It was very good. Thanks for the review. Looks like the book is just as goond.
Patricia wrote: "Saw the movie that was based on this book. It was very good. Thanks for the review. Looks like the book is just as goond."Thanks for the heads-up! I haven't seen the movie yet but I REALLY want to. I checked my Netflix but it wasn't on there. I'll find it somewhere. 😊
I have a challange for you . So I am from romania and I don t speak very good english but I want to read a book in romanian Are a lot and after that you talk on goodreads your opinion and I recommend the book ,, Childhood memories but sure in romanian Amintiri din copilarie
Great review, I’ll have to check it out. I loved the movie but I saw it so long ago I don’t remember much about it, didn’t even realize it was based on a book!
Ange H wrote: "Great review, I’ll have to check it out. I loved the movie but I saw it so long ago I don’t remember much about it, didn’t even realize it was based on a book!"Isn't that funny?? 😀 I loooove movies, and for my entire life, whenever I saw a movie, people would always ask me, "Did you read the book?" Ha ha ha! As you know, soooo many movies are based on books. Now that I read so much, whenever I see a movie trailer, I now know the book!
„This was just so much fun to read“——
Fully agreed that this a social satire, a controlled comedy, and not just an abuse drama. Also unlike others, I don’t see any parallels to Lolita.
