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The Group
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The book follows the lives of 8 Vassar grads from 1933 to 1940. Eight seemed too much, because many of the characters weren't fully developed. I only felt I got to know 3 or 4 of them to any extent. Most of the characters were pretty superficial, making it hard to like them. (I felt sorry for Kay, but I can't really say I liked her.) The plot wasn't that linear. It felt like a series of sketches. The book was very frank about sexuality, describing some sex scenes in great detail. However, it felt more "clinical", like a sex ed text than erotic. The Group is a look into a certain subset of society during a specific time in history. Interesting, but not great.
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Reading Progress
March 26, 2015
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Started Reading
March 26, 2015
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March 26, 2015
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3.02%
"Ooh, this looks like a good one! It begins in 1933, and the catty friendships remind me of the 1930's film The Women. Thank you, Adelaide, for nominating this book for the Classic Trash Goodreads group."
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March 30, 2015
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79.44%
""As Socrates showed, love cannot be anything else but the love of the good. But to find the good is very rare. That is why love is rare, in spite of what people think. It happens to one in a thousand, and to that one it is a revelation.""
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394
March 31, 2015
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Finished Reading
