"The Everlasting Story of Nory" by Nicholson Baker is as fleeting as a child's imagination. Baker's book consists entirely of vignettes from a nine year old American girl living in England life and the stories that she creates. Baker is quite good at capturing the conversations and thought process of a young child but there is not much of a plot. I only read about half of the book because the descriptions of Nory's every day life were just too banal for my taste. ( )

Gave up after 10 chapters of 9-year-old musings with no plot. One review said the chapters could have been jumbled up without making a difference. ( )

This is the second time I've read this book. Charming, if a little thin on plot. ( )

Baker's meandering style of writing is wonderfully suited for this tale of a young girl with a remarkable imagination. ( )

This novel is told from the point of view of a nine-year old American girl spending her first term in an English school. It's a sweet concept and the author has a good ear for how young girls talk and write - complete with mis-heard words and spellings.
Sweet it is, but it lacks a coherent story arc, apart from Nory's growing friendship with bullied Pamela. It would have been nice to set it against the run up to an event such as a school play to give some pace. Mostly it's just a day by day account together with Nory's rather weird stories she makes up in her mind, and a little repetitive. ( )

Baker's meandering style of writing is wonderfully suited for this tale of a young girl with a remarkable imagination. ( )

A little repetititve