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Book Review of Brooklyn

Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Author: Colm Toibin
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I found this book a little boring. The characters were shallowly depicted and not particularly likable. The mood was bleak throughout. Here's a quote from O, The Opera Magazine: "There are no antagonists in this novel, no psychodramas, no angst." Precisely, nothing happens.