AliCorbin reviewed Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Review of 'Brooklyn' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
All female tonight. Opinions ranged from 'Loved it' to 'Didn't think much of it at first, but it grew on me' to 'Really?'. But even the detractors found the writing lovely and the sense of place palpable. And even though I found the portrayal of Eilis spineless and naive, she was consistently spineless and naive, as a young Irish woman would have been in the 50's.