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I had no interest in reading it but now I do. I have concentration probs as well while reading. Strange that I can read onReading: Too Much and Never Enough----aka "The Book"....by Mary Trump.
It is a slow read for me. I have to keep re-reading paragraphs.
I never had to do that before... I think it is Covid~~staying home and in, more than usual. I just cannot concentrate.
Also, I never really read biographies, or non-fiction.
This is from a different perspective. Author is a psychologist; analyzing things, habits from a very different perspective.
So far, the behavior she is describing T to have is nothing of a surprise; however, it does show how dysfunctional his entire family was---beginning from the grandparents; the basis of his bullying, arrogance, lack of caring, deflection, and sociopathic tendencies.
Yes... But I wonder how/when those people finally realized the error of their ways---and their very poor unemotional upbringing. How they were brought to realization?Fred did a classic job of creating a psychopathic personality, almost as if he had in instruction manual. But at some point, that child became an adult, and is now responsible for his own actions. Others have had upbringings just as bad, and some much worse, and are wonderful, caring people.
We have the book but haven't read it. I've seen Mary Trump on some of the shows and everything she says is no surprise so I'm not sure how much I will learn from this book.Reading: Too Much and Never Enough----aka "The Book"....by Mary Trump.
It is a slow read for me. I have to keep re-reading paragraphs.
I never had to do that before... I think it is Covid~~staying home and in, more than usual. I just cannot concentrate.
Also, I never really read biographies, or non-fiction.
This is from a different perspective. Author is a psychologist; analyzing things, habits from a very different perspective.
So far, the behavior she is describing T to have is nothing of a surprise; however, it does show how dysfunctional his entire family was---beginning from the grandparents; the basis of his bullying, arrogance, lack of caring, deflection, and sociopathatic tendencies.
Welcome to our reading thread, Frank123 . I haven't read Crawdads yet, so had to skim past your spoiler. But I will ask, did you enjoy it?Just finished reading the novel "Where the Crawdads Sing".
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Yes, I did enjoy it very much. Sorry, I had meant to put that in my post but looks like I forgot.Welcome to our reading thread, Frank123 . I haven't read Crawdads yet, so had to skim past your spoiler. But I will ask, did you enjoy it?
Loved that book.Just finished reading the novel "Where the Crawdads Sing".
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It seems that the author sort of put a twist at the end. I, and I'm guessing many others, from the beginning had made the assumption that Kya wasn't the killer. After all, traditionally in these types of novels it's a given that the protagonist who is accused of a crime will eventually be exonerated of said crime. This was the impression given throughout most of this novel. The not guilty verdict at Kya's trial only solidified this. However, at the end of the novel, after Kya's death when Tate found the necklace Kya had given Chase, the one that was missing from him when his body was found, it seemed possible that is was actually Kya that murdered Chase.
Probably. He made a quick visit, tweeted how much he loves his brother, and went golfing while Robert died.Interesting that now, Robert is in the hospital, desperately sick, and Donald is running to his side.
Donald never had a relationship of any kind with Robert. Wonder if it is all for show?