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No current Talk conversations about this book. Peter Buwalda is zonder meer een uitstekend schrijver. Zijn beschrijvingen van personen en gebeurtenissen zijn Nabokoviaans van niveau en aard. Echter, het boek mist een duidelijk en overkoepelend thema (groter dan 'familieproblematiek') waardoor het verhaal, met name in het midden, verzandt in ongeloofwaardigr anecdotes en een overvloed aan losse verhaallijnen die pas tegen het einde weer samen komen. Buwalda leek geen plan te hebben voor dit ellenlange stuk en dat is zonde. in half de pagina's was het boek twee maal zo sterk geweest. Echter, als beschrijver is er niets mis met Buwalda en ik kijk uit naar zijn volgende boek - dat hopelijk meer structuur en diepere thema's bevat. Lastig een rating te geven. Een man op zijn top, gek op zijn dochter, glijdt af. Ondertussen wordt haar en het verhaal van haar vriend ook verteld, drie wisselende perspectieven. Veel scènes die zo in een 'Nederlandse' film passen, maar zo goed geschreven! Wat heerlijk absurde dingen. Slim geplaatst na de vuurwerkramp. Dat ik het tegelijk met RR las en we gedachten uitwisellden gaf wat extra's Pingdjip beschrijft het goed, al ergerde ik me niet aan de fotograaf de drie-en-halve ster zijn dan ook voorlopig, -zouden er ook 4 kunnen worden.. Make a man into too much--judo world champ, math genius, head of university, govt minister--then twist his world with an abandoned dead wife, ignored criminal trash son, porno-queen stepdaughter, and nightly wrestling with almost-step-son. Then bump off this way-too-much guy (self-done, no secret, reader finds out early). Now tell the story from both ends of the action, alternating, moving inwards towards the middle when the deed happened, placing the middle at the end of the book. Leaving family detritus strewn wildly in both directions. Wearing out the reader. Also, know diddly about the weather in Berkeley and San Francisco where some action happens during days that are "hot and humid" when the family goes to the beach everyday???? It's never hot and humid there. And the beach is for chilling (most of the time) in the damp drippy fog. Makes you wonder what else Buwalda had wrong. Besides psychology, of course.
While the plot orchestration and lively character renderings of “Bonita Avenue” are dazzling, Buwalda’s go-for-broke style can be a hit-and-miss affair. Sometimes it’s brilliantly on target. Sometimes it just feels overwritten. I have no doubt that Peter Buwalda is a superb writer. In terms of both level and character, his depictions of people and events are Nabokovian. But more than just "family problems," the book lacks a unifying theme, so much so that the narrative—particularly in the middle—becomes mired in improbable anecdotes and a plethora of unconnected threads that only come together in the epilogue. It's unfortunate that Buwalda didn't seem to have any sort of plan for this long essay. There would have been twice as much content in half the pages. There is nothing wrong with Buwalda as a describer, though, and I'm looking forward to his next book, which should have deeper themes and maybe more structure. I was also searching this book on other online platforms like pothi, kindle and shabd.in but did not found.. Bonita Avenue is the unraveling of the Sigerius Family because of SECRETS. Relationships are destroyed by lies, minds destroyed by madness. The characters in the scen and Aaron Bever, Joni’s fella, Siem Sigerius and his wife, Tineke, Siem Sigerius, a former athlete and current math genius, Tineke, Siem's wife Joni, Siem's headstrong daughter; Aaron Bever, Joni’s fella, Siem's son, Wilbert, is in prison for killing a supervisor with a sledgehammer. This is intriguing, but I just couldn't understand a lot of the situations. There were places and names I didn't understand. It was a good book, just couldn't understand it. I received this book from Blogging For Books for this review. No one is especially likeable, but Buwalda knows how to tease his reader with addictive story lines. A considerable achievement for a seasoned writer much less a newcomer, Bonita Avenue is an entertaining end in itself, and evidence that Buwalda is just getting started. AwardsNotable Lists
The seemingly idyllic family life of Netherlands mathematics professor-turned-politician Siem Sigerius is threatened by his violence-shadowed previous marriage, his older son and an unexpected deception. No library descriptions found.
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Buwalda kiszámított kegyetlenséggel robbantja szét a szemünk előtt Sigeriusék családi harmóniáját. Egy kevésbé genyó írót talán nem vinne rá a lélek, hogy ennyire szétcsapjon közöttük. Egy kevésbé genyó író talán engedné, hogy ne a legrosszabb opciók derüljenek ki a családtagokról. Kiderülhetne róluk például az is, hogy vöröspanda-kölyköket mentenek. Hogy titokban ők a közkedvelt és barátságos Pókember. De nem. Buwalda nem így dolgozik. Ő szisztematikusan, lépésről lépésre a legrosszabb felé toszogtat minket, hogy ott fejcsóválva (a fejcsóválás nem biztos, lehet, csak magamat vetítem ki rá) azt mondhassa: ecce homo. Sőt, még eccébb.
Szegény szereplőknek meg nem marad más ilyen genyó író keze alatt, mint a nosztalgia: visszasírni azokat az időket, amikor még minden rendben volt. Amikor még együtt voltak a Bonita Avenue-n, és nem sejtettek semmit. Amikor még tudatlanok voltak. Mert a tudatlanság: erő. (