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The Effect of Living Backwards
The Effect of Living Backwards
Author: Heidi Julavits
Alice and Edith are sisters, best friends, and arch- enemies. Alice, the 'good girl', is everything the stunning, wanton and morally whimsical Edith is not. Both have an unhealthy attraction to shame and disgrace, and both are expert manipulators -- a power that is tested and exploited when the plane they are travelling on is commandeered by a b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781844081776
ISBN-10: 184408177X
Publication Date: 4/7/2005
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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punkinbean avatar reviewed The Effect of Living Backwards on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
I really wanted to love this book. The writing is SO well done, but the story is just meh. So, I'm going halfsies on my star rating.
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Helpful Score: 4
I had a hard time following what was going on here, I felt like the writing was more difficult than it needed to be and the story line seemed to go on forever... I am still thinking about how and why some of the things in the book actually happened!!

Overall, a tough book but an interesting topic!
reviewed The Effect of Living Backwards on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Interesting plot twists in this book - an intellectual thriller.
reviewed The Effect of Living Backwards on + 222 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I started it, just didnt like it
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Helpful Score: 1
This is a well written book, all very vivid. It keeps you reading because you keep wondering what the relationships are and where it will end up. Sort of a mystery of relationships. The characters are well developed and I can "see" them clearly. It is a strange book, worth the read.
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reviewed The Effect of Living Backwards on + 6 more book reviews
boring
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If you appreciate inventive writing, you may enjoy this book. It reminded me of The Time Traveler's Wife in that the "back story" of this unusual plot unfolded bit by bit.
jazzysmom avatar reviewed The Effect of Living Backwards on + 907 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this read. Well written and was a page turner. Lots of family going on in this story and it made time for reflection on your own family if things were as they were in this family. Worth the time spent within these pages.