Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was very well written but I am annoyed about the twist at the end.

what twist?

About the accident or “Colt”?

Anonymous wrote:How is the audiobook version? I think that wait is (slightly) shorter on Libby.

Excellent. Especially being it’s in epistolary format, one really hears Sybil’s voice, so to speak.

How is the audiobook version? I think that wait is (slightly) shorter on Libby.

Anonymous wrote:It was very well written but I am annoyed about the twist at the end.

what twist?

Sybil was imperfectly perfect. A complicated human. Reading this made me cognizant of how all of us are.

I loved it- was surprised at how much. The style of reading leaders and emails took a little bit to get used to but the main character was so well done, she will stay with me.

Overdrive tells me it will be available to me in 59 weeks, lol.

I have been waiting to open this thread until I had read the book. I thought it was pretty good. As literature, probably 4 stars out of 5. I preferred 84 Charing Cross Road which is mentioned in The Correspondent. One of the things I found unrealistic is that people would really respond to her letters with letters. People just stopped writing letters cold when email came along. So, I'm not sure I believe this going all the way into 2017 or so.

I just finished the book today. I was unprepared for how much I would love this book and how many tissues I would need. The letters and the general talk of life and aging reminded me so much of my beautiful mom. When my mom died, she left behind boxes of letters, reading through them gave me so much context into her life and who she was. I thought this book was beautifully done.

I enjoyed Sybil's character and this book gave me so much to think about.

It was very well written but I am annoyed about the twist at the end.

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Anonymous wrote:Very good. I finished it today. I enjoyed the local flavor (Annapolis, DC). If this becomes a movie, who plays Sybil?

Meryl Streep

Correct. Still don't like it. Well, I like it enough to finish but I won't recommend it unless the end pulls is impressive. Solid 3.

Anonymous wrote:Very good. I finished it today. I enjoyed the local flavor (Annapolis, DC). If this becomes a movie, who plays Sybil?

Meryl Streep

I listened to it.
Sad book. Epistolary is hard to do well.
She really did a great job.

Very good. I finished it today. I enjoyed the local flavor (Annapolis, DC). If this becomes a movie, who plays Sybil?

Just finished this today, thanks to PPs for the rec!

I loved it—so much food for thought.