The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0099538261 Global Overview for this book
Registered by smurphie of Banchory, Scotland United Kingdom on 1/1/2012
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by smurphie from Banchory, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, January 1, 2012
A quirly, engagin tale of a family endowed with unlikely gifts, the ties that bind people barely conceal the chasms that divide them.


Journal Entry 2 by smurphie at Banchory, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, April 13, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (4/14/2012 UTC) at Banchory, Scotland United Kingdom

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Heading to saskiasosmile as part of my Food Glorious Food Virtual Bookbox.

Enjoy :o)

Journal Entry 3 by saskiasosmile at Whitby, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, April 16, 2012
Thankyou Smurphie!
This book came out of the Food Glorious Food VBB, and it was also on my wishlist.

Journal Entry 4 by saskiasosmile at Whitby, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, December 1, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (12/1/2012 UTC) at Whitby, North Yorkshire United Kingdom

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This was an interesting book and I enjoyed reading it.

Now it is off again, to its next reader: emmejo!
She was tagged for the wish list tag game.

Journal Entry 5 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Got this book today. Thank you very much!

Journal Entry 6 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Friday, February 8, 2013
When she is 9 years old, Rose eats a piece of her mother's cake and realizes she can taste her mother's feelings when she cooked. It changes Rose's life. Everything she eats tastes like the person who made it, intensely, horrifyingly. She struggles to figure out how to survive and eat food. She tries to focus on other things she can discover from her food, like where it came from and how the ingredients were grown. It also forces her to think differently about the people she is around once she knows their true emotions.

I found this book mediocre. The idea was interesting, but the execution was wobbly. I found Rose uninteresting, uncreative and inflexible. I really couldn't care less how hard a time she whined about having. The supporting characters were a bit better, but fit too neatly and simply into their planned roles, without the diversity or complexity real people have.

The writing is solid and well-paced, making for a quick read.

Journal Entry 7 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Friday, March 1, 2013

Released 11 yrs ago (3/1/2013 UTC) at Trumansburg, New York USA

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Adding to Waternixie's Wrap It Up Bookbox

Journal Entry 8 by waternixie at Everett, Washington USA on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
This arrived in the wrap-it-up book box on Tuesday. Several people in my book group liked it, so it's on my TBR pile

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