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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
3.0

Listen, I’m all for a family saga, sibling relationships, and a character driven story, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I remember really enjoying Commonwealth and thought I would similarly enjoy The Dutch House, and while the writing was good, I just never felt like I knew or cared about the characters. Like any of them. Which left me not really caring about the story or what happened to them. I’m obviously in the minority here but this book left me very underwhelmed. I don’t see what other people are loving. Maybe I would have liked it more on audio with the Tom Hanks narration.