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Krissy & Colleen - Euphoria

Checking in!

I'll be reading this on the 2nd or 3rd. Hope that's okay

Hi Krissy!

Sorry for the delay in checking in, I was out of town. I can start this book soon, probably tomorrow (or Tuesday).

I plan on starting tonight after I'm finished with the book I'm listening to now.

6% ~ (view spoiler)[That was probably the most awkward and unromantic love scene I've ever read. Poor girl. (hide spoiler)]

58%~ (view spoiler)[Not sure if I am enjoying it or not. I am more interested in this odd love triangle than I am in the tribe and their surroundings (hide spoiler)]

Fen is an asshole

86%~ (view spoiler)[I don't think this is going to end well thanks to Fen and that stupid flute (hide spoiler)]

Finished.... (view spoiler)[This was the first book I've read where anthropology was the focal point of the story. Honestly, I didn't care for it. It just didn't interest me and I was bored every time the scene started going into a more detailed explanation of their work. I did enjoy the relationship between the 3 MCs (Fen, Nell, Andrew). They kept me interested enough to make it to the end. I'm not thrilled how it ended since it wasn't a happy one but I get it. It works. I wish we could have gotten a little more of Nell's last days. But it is what it is. (hide spoiler)]

Krissy wrote: "6% ~ [That was probably the most awkward and unromantic love scene I've ever read. Poor girl. (hide spoiler)"

Right!?!? At that point in the book, all I could think of was with that sort of 'love' triangle - I'm already rooting for the one I haven't met yet.

I'm up to the end of chapter 3 and have met the three of them now, the setup is interesting. The author says a lot without saying a lot - if that makes sense. She uses language sparsely yet packs a lot of meaning into things and has created a great sense of place.

I took this with me on my trip (visiting family) but didn't take my charger. My nook ran out of power with about 30 pages left. I'll finish once I charge up.

Anyway, I agree with you that Fen is an asshole.

The ending startled me because I know that's not what happened to Margaret Mead and since Nell's character was loosely based on her, it was unexpected.

While normally I find love triangles distasteful in novels, this one was very well done and feels like what a love triangle should be (literarily speaking). It's messy and reasonable all at once.

The anthropological portions were a bit dry and dull, but they didn't take up much space and seemed to serve as a way to bring Andrew and Nell together intellectually in a way that excluded Fen - despite Fen being a fellow anthropologist, he seemed a poor one compared with his wife, which didn't set well with his ego.

An interesting read - not sure I'd give it a glowing review, but overall I enjoyed it.