Emotionally Weird : A Novel (Paperback)

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

On the face of it I wouldn't like this. Confused & careless college students who take drugs instead of striving to learn or even get a degree are not characters I'd empathize with. Nor do I read mysteries, and underneath all the literary stylings the 'plot' was a mystery. Yet somehow I finished i...

from PhilipJHunt

Less satisfying than some of her other books. In some ways, a straight forward mystery, with Atkinson's witty way with words (better than mine, for sure), but I felt she was keeping us guessing for too long. The plot didn't seem to get moving until well on.

from Greatrakes

I think this my favourite Kate Atkinson book. It's the story of Effie Andrews, told by Effie Andrews to her 'mother' Nora and sub-edited real time by Nora. It's interspersed with the novels of fellow students at Dundee university and with Effie's own Detective novel. Effie's mother isn't her moth...

from AJBraithwaite

Loved this book. LibraryThing recommended Behind the scenes at the museum, but the library only had this. I like films and books that make a point of being self-conscious (I'm sure there's a proper literary-criticism term for what I mean here, but I don't know what it is) - and the way that parts...

from neverlistless

I think this is the best Atkinson I've read yet! Completely hilarious, with a bit of a mystery that slowly unravels and then spits out at the end. It's set, of course, in Scotland and focuses on Effie, a young woman working on an English degree. She has some crazy friends (including Bob, the slac...