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Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn (2009) 3 stars

In Ireland in the early 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one of many who cannot find …

Review of 'Brooklyn' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Where to start with this one. I’d say it’s a 2.5, which I rounded down because I would have DNF’ed this if it wasn’t for a book club.

I have two WTF moments from this book.

1) Miss Fortini molesting Eilis. Why?? It happens and then we move on like she isn’t suddenly a predator.
2) The sex scene between Eilis and Tony. WOW. Rapey, though I think I could maybe buy that he’s unaware of her discomfort?? I don’t know. But the closing paragraph for that scene is what really got me like, what in the actual f… I saw red.