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Summary: Interesting, a pretty easy read
Review: I picked up this book because I am a professional interpreter of 8 years and was curious about how the title character was portrayed. I thought the descriptive passages about both interpreting and medical research (which I've also worked in) were pretty accurate and provided good insights for anyone who is interested in these fields. I agree with other reviewers that the love story was not really the point for me. The novel is somewhat slow-paced, don't expect John Grisham-type suspense.
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Summary: A jewel of a novel by a great new talent
Review: I read the excellent review of this book in Publisher's Weekly which described Suzanne Glass as a hot new talent. How right they were! This is a truly wonderful book with beautifully drawn characters and poetic language that makes you want to read some passages over and over again. The only reason to stop reading it is because you don't want it to end. I am waiting for Glass's next novel.
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Summary: Wonderful new novel
Review: I really enjoyed this book; it took me into a world I wasn't familiar with, that of interpreting, and I enjoyed the author's obvious love of language and words. The alternation between the main characters really worked well, and I felt that I got to know both Dominique, Nicholas and their friends very well. It was also intriguing to learn about the world of scientific research as that is so relevant to all the genetic work going on now. I also enjoyed moving around to different countries, and felt that it was a very intimately told story. I hope to read more of Suzanne's work soon, and strongly recommend this novel. I can also see this cast as a movie as well !!
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Summary: Wonderful new novel
Review: I really enjoyed this book; it took me into a world I wasn't familiar with, that of interpreting, and I enjoyed the author's obvious love of language and words. The alternation between the main characters really worked well, and I felt that I got to know both Dominique, Nicholas and their friends very well. It was also intriguing to learn about the world of scientific research as that is so relevant to all the genetic work going on now. I also enjoyed moving around to different countries, and felt that it was a very intimately told story. I hope to read more of Suzanne's work soon, and strongly recommend this novel. I can also see this cast as a movie as well !!
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Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: Moving! Magical! Fascinating!
Ms. Glass has won the reader!!
A MUST BUY and must read for those who savor the English Language. A story that keeps you on the edge of your bed...and characters that make you wish the book would never end...
I can't wait her next novel.
THIS ONE IS PURE ENJOYMENT!
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Summary: A jewel of a novel by a great new talent
Review: Ms. Glass has written a very strong first novel with The Interpreter. Told in alternating points of view from Dominique, the interpreter of the title, and Nicholas, an Italian doctor living in NYC who has made a serendipitous discovery while researching luekemia, this novel is an interesting character study of two lives that come together. Both Dominique and Nicholas are wonderful, well-developed characters who tell their own back stories as well as their individual reactions as their lives begin to intertwine.One of the main reasons I think this novel works so well is that both Dominique and Nicholas are interesting individually and their love story is just icing on the cake. This look at the world of interpreting is fascinating as is the insights into the ethically tricky world of medical research. My only disappointment with this novel is how it winds up. My friends tell me I have an uncanny ability to predict the endings of novels well in advance and this one was no exception. I saw how this one was going to wrap up during Dominique and Nicholas's first conversation in the Frick Collection. I couldn't quite swallow the drama of their break-up after the sensitivity of their coming together and I wished for a few more surprises at the end (I even saw that they would miss each other in Paris because of the 7-day mix-up) but 30 pages of predictablity is a small price to pay for nearly 300 pages of brilliance. Besides, their relationship ended how I wanted it to end.
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Summary: Wonderful Character Study
Review: Ms. Glass has written a very strong first novel with The Interpreter. Told in alternating points of view from Dominique, the interpreter of the title, and Nicholas, an Italian doctor living in NYC who has made a serendipitous discovery while researching luekemia, this novel is an interesting character study of two lives that come together. Both Dominique and Nicholas are wonderful, well-developed characters who tell their own back stories as well as their individual reactions as their lives begin to intertwine. One of the main reasons I think this novel works so well is that both Dominique and Nicholas are interesting individually and their love story is just icing on the cake. This look at the world of interpreting is fascinating as is the insights into the ethically tricky world of medical research. My only disappointment with this novel is how it winds up. My friends tell me I have an uncanny ability to predict the endings of novels well in advance and this one was no exception. I saw how this one was going to wrap up during Dominique and Nicholas's first conversation in the Frick Collection. I couldn't quite swallow the drama of their break-up after the sensitivity of their coming together and I wished for a few more surprises at the end (I even saw that they would miss each other in Paris because of the 7-day mix-up) but 30 pages of predictablity is a small price to pay for nearly 300 pages of brilliance. Besides, their relationship ended how I wanted it to end.
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