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Emotionally Weird

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Kara Wilson
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Summary

On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.

Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?

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Critic Reviews

The lustre, energy and panache of her writing are as striking as ever...Funny, bold and memorable
Beautifully written...brimming with quirky characters and original storytelling. Kate Atkinson has struck gold with this unique offering
A truly comic novel - achingly funny in parts - challenging and executed with wit and mischief...an hilarious and magical trip
Sends jolts of pleasure off the page...Atkinson's funniest foray yet...it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty
A truly comic novel - achingly funny in parts - challenging and executed with wit and mischief...an hilarious and magical trip
Her novels are remarkable both in and of themselves, and as evidence of an important emerging body of work from a brilliant and profoundly original writer
With just two novels, Atkinson has added new colour to the British literary landscape
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I enjoyed some of the writings but overall not a favourite. The narration was excellent though.

I didn’t enjoy this book as much as others

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The performance was excellent. The narrator worked so hard to convey multiple narrative threads and characters, it just was a big ask. I think it would have been easier to follow in print.
The story was clever and is quite difficult to define. Perhaps if you know it is a meta-narrative that might give you a better access point. There were some cracking characters. It had me thinking and laughing in places. The character said her story was a comedy, and it was but it was also quite mad with the mayhem. It gets 4 stars because I like a challenge. But read other reviews because they are also right- it will not suit many.

Maybe if I had read it…

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This was the worst Kate Atkinson book I have read too many characters not sure what was happening half the time and an end I did not care about by the time I got there Very clever use of words but really was it just showing off. I love Kate Atkinson book this was a disappointment.

A uninteresting disappointing read

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