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Apr 18, 2019INVS rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I saw it as a DVD and thought it was brilliant - lots of actors enjoy. I maybe I should try reading it.
Mar 16, 2019rlbeekman rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A completely satisfying big novel. What Dickens would have written if he were alive now and looking at London around 2008.
Jun 27, 2016GLNovak rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a book about what happens when a neighbourhood becomes chic and sought-after. The residents are old, young, rich, poor, immigrants, good English stock, and all with one thing in common - they all receive postcards with photos of…
Jul 03, 2015DanglingConversations rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
choppy character development and choppy story line. While the ideas and setting are interesting, characters had no depth and when it all ended I was just glad to shut the book and move on.
Nov 28, 2014uncommonreader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Lanchester presents the viewpoints of a myriad of characters during the UK 2007/08 economic crises who are all connected by living or working on a street in London, whose homes were built originally for the lower middle class and now…
Jul 15, 2013
I am a Londonder and I loved it. Excellent read - high recommend it.
Mar 14, 2013Adele_Jaunty rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Maybe you have to be a Londoner, but I found the characters contrived and not very believable.
Jan 09, 2013stewstealth rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Worth reading as John Lanchester is a great story teller. However in this particular novel the climax was very subdued and i found the ending did not justify the in depth characterizations. Enjoyable bit not great.
Nov 29, 2012
State of the nation novels are in vogue these days and some are better than others. This is a good one and Britain as it is today is skilfully evoked through the story of a street in London and the people who live in it. Immigration,…
Oct 06, 2012mexicanadiense rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
If you A. like contemporary London as a place, or B. like sprawling ensemble narratives of the "Love, Actually" school in which a cast of mostly well-meaning and charmng characters stumble toward some sort of shared denouement, you'll like…
Sep 17, 2012kaymul rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A well written story, full of interesting characters who are well developed, some likable and some not so much. I think Lanchester has written a very thoughtful and intelligent book. I hated to see it end.
Sep 04, 2012ramses94 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Really liked this book - a great read!!
Aug 13, 2012StephenB rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Extremely readable and intelligent storytelling, interesting and credible characters. A really good read.
Jul 16, 2012mirabeller rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Capital tells the story of residents and workers on Pepys Road in London. The characters are a rich, authentic mix of classes and ethnicities. Lanchester brings such life and spirit to each one, you really feel like you know who they are.…
Jul 10, 2012dcafk rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book. John Lanchester is a wonderful writer and a great story teller.