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"Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love."
New York City, 1940s, theater, sex... I'm there!
I'm still not sure about how I feel about this novel. I did find the story very interesting. Once again, I enjoyed Gilbert's writing style. But... Did you see that "but" coming? This novel was way too long and felt very dragged out to me. That's what made it possible for me to put aside City of Girls and pour through I Will Always Write Back in the middle of my reading. I knew I'd come back to it because I wanted to see where Gilbert was heading, but I needed a break. Was the novel too long? Perhaps. Did it include details that didn't move the story forward? Perhaps. Did I enjoy Gilbert's writing style? Yes. Was it very repetitive? Possibly but probably not. Was character development suburb because of how dragged out it was? Yes. Would the characters have been more likeable had they not been so well developed? No... that's just silly. However, I didn't find many of the characters at all likeable, and the few that I did like weren't likeable until the final 25% of the novel.
I'm still not sure about how I feel about this novel. I did find the story very interesting. Once again, I enjoyed Gilbert's writing style. But... Did you see that "but" coming? This novel was way too long and felt very dragged out to me. That's what made it possible for me to put aside City of Girls and pour through I Will Always Write Back in the middle of my reading. I knew I'd come back to it because I wanted to see where Gilbert was heading, but I needed a break. Was the novel too long? Perhaps. Did it include details that didn't move the story forward? Perhaps. Did I enjoy Gilbert's writing style? Yes. Was it very repetitive? Possibly but probably not. Was character development suburb because of how dragged out it was? Yes. Would the characters have been more likeable had they not been so well developed? No... that's just silly. However, I didn't find many of the characters at all likeable, and the few that I did like weren't likeable until the final 25% of the novel.
Would I recommend City of Girls? I'm really not sure. There are so many great novels out there and this was simply a good story.
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