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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why did she start writing so late in life?,
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This review is from: Consider This, Senora (Paperback)
Harriet Doerr cheated herself and her readers by not devoting herself to the craft of writing much earlier in her life. She's best known for Stones for Ibarra, but I think Tiger in the Grass is her real masterpiece, and Consider This, Senora comes in second. However, all 3 of her books are excellent and demonstrate a respect for the craft of writing the perfect sentence that readers will appreciate and writers can all learn from.
Consider This, Senora is a collection of chapters focused around a small town in central Mexico where several expatriates come to live on a mesa above the dirt-poor town. It's written so carefully that each chapter can actually stand alone as a complete tale, but taken together they form a history of 6 years of life in both the village and on the mesa. We grow to care about them all: the padre, the mayor, the beggars, the income tax cheat, the man-chaser, the widow, the pianist, the beautiful 14yo serving girl, all of them. Luminous and insightful, filled with beautiful language and the perfect turn of each phrase, Consider This, Senora, is a masterpiece.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost as Good as "Stones",
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This review is from: Consider This, Senora (Paperback)
I understand why some readers would be frustrated with this book's story line. I think this book is best suited for the writing connoisseur who has the time to savor the artistry of each sentence and why the writer wrote it the way she did. If you have the time, patience, and inclination to read it that way, it will blow your mind. If you want to breeze through a book for the sake of experiencing some kind of adventure, which is a perfectly good reason for reading a book, I don't think you'll be satisfied. Some music can only be appreciated when you listen to it very carefully. This book doesn't do well in the background. But listen carefully, and I think you'll be amazed.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written,
This review is from: Consider This, Senora (Paperback)
I don't think this story is as exquisitely constructed as Doerr's 'Stones for Ibarra.' (In 'Stones for Ibarra,' Doerr wove a series of short stories into a rich tapestry of a novel; 'Consider This Senora' has a more traditional structure.) However, she still does a wonderful job describing rural Mexican culture from an American outsider's point of view. The language she uses is clear and concise, and at the same time full of beautiful descriptions that reflect her understanding of her characters and of the human experience in general. Doerr's prose often reads almost like poetry. This book will leave you with many beautiful images of rural Mexico.
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