The Other’s Gold
By Elizabeth Ames
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(4/10)
335 pages
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What’s it about?
Four college freshman arrive at an exclusive liberal arts college and immediately become the best of friends. This is the story of how that friendship grows over the next 15 years.What did it make me think about?
“Really?”- that’s what I kept thinking…. To me the plot was overly dramatic and not very plausible. At times it was preachy and at times it was downright silly. I was very excited to be done with these women’s lives.
Should I read it?
I would not recommend this one- but I may be alone in this. This book has received lots of good press. I was disappointed though….
Quote-
“How they became friends was no great mystery, but how they remained so, braising their lives together eye their shared college quarters, transcended the usual alchemy of optimism and obligation that kept friendships intact, kept people from fading into other categories: old friend, college friend, just someone I once knew.”
A Real Simple“Five Books That Won’t Disappoint”
A Bustle“28 New Books Out In August 2019 To Add To Your End-Of-Summer Reading List”
A Refinery29“The Books Of 2019 We Can’t Wait To Read (So Far)”
A Mindbodygreen“5 Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down This August”
A Hello Giggles“The 10 Best New Books to Read in August”
A Get Literary“Favorite New August 2019 Fiction”
An InStyle“14 Books to Read This August”
A New York Post“Best Books of the Week”
A Vogue“10 New Books to Read This Summer”
An Elle“The 16 Best Books of 2019 (So Far)”
A Marie Claire“The Best Fiction Books by Women This Year”
A Good Housekeeping“50 Best Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List”
A Bustle“28 New Books Out In August 2019 To Add To Your End-Of-Summer Reading List”
A Refinery29“The Books Of 2019 We Can’t Wait To Read (So Far)”
A Mindbodygreen“5 Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down This August”
A Hello Giggles“The 10 Best New Books to Read in August”
A Get Literary“Favorite New August 2019 Fiction”
An InStyle“14 Books to Read This August”
A New York Post“Best Books of the Week”
A Vogue“10 New Books to Read This Summer”
An Elle“The 16 Best Books of 2019 (So Far)”
A Marie Claire“The Best Fiction Books by Women This Year”
A Good Housekeeping“50 Best Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List”
What’s it about?
Four college freshman arrive at an exclusive liberal arts college and immediately become the best of friends. This is the story of how that friendship grows over the next 15 years.What did it make me think about?
“Really?”- that’s what I kept thinking…. To me the plot was overly dramatic and not very plausible. At times it was preachy and at times it was downright silly. I was very excited to be done with these women’s lives.
Four college freshman arrive at an exclusive liberal arts college and immediately become the best of friends. This is the story of how that friendship grows over the next 15 years.What did it make me think about?
“Really?”- that’s what I kept thinking…. To me the plot was overly dramatic and not very plausible. At times it was preachy and at times it was downright silly. I was very excited to be done with these women’s lives.
Should I read it?
I would not recommend this one- but I may be alone in this. This book has received lots of good press. I was disappointed though….
Quote-
“How they became friends was no great mystery, but how they remained so, braising their lives together eye their shared college quarters, transcended the usual alchemy of optimism and obligation that kept friendships intact, kept people from fading into other categories: old friend, college friend, just someone I once knew.”
