Brooklyn
2009 • 304 pages

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Average rating3.4

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September 18, 2016
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March 6, 2018

I listened to the audio version of this book, with appropriate Irish accents for many of the characters, something I would have lost if just reading. I might not have enjoyed the book as much as I did without those accents.

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March 19, 2015
July 9, 2014

Eilis can't find work in Ireland, but, sponsored by a priest, she comes to America. Exhilaration...homesickness...jealousies...frustrations...Eilis shares all of these parts of the immigration experience with us, the readers. It's a poignant story and, most importantly, it feels very, very true.

June 12, 2017
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October 21, 2024

Good story, well paced.

July 7, 2024

I watched Brooklyn, the movie, and absolutely loved it before I even knew of the book. I put the movie in my top 5 and I'd put the book in my top 10. Not particularly exciting, nor are there plot twists or fight scenes, but there is something so endearing about Eilis and Tony and their love story.

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Easy to read, with some moments that were really good (no spoilers). Yet it felt like there was some added dimension or texture missing? Eilis didn't seem to change or proactively make any decisions about her life, she just kind of ‘fell' into everything...

June 8, 2015

Good book but for once I liked the movie better.

July 5, 2024

3.75, the movie>

March 28, 2023