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Title:The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
Author:Beatrice Colin
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 404 pages
Published:January 8th 2009 by John Murray Publishers (first published July 24th 2008)
Categories:Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Germany. War
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The original title of this book was "The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite" but I can see why it was changed -- there is nothing luminous about either the book or the character. The novel follows Lilly from her birth in 1900 Germany through the 1930s - and we experience every single second of it.

This book has a LOT of flaws that kept me from becoming engaged in it. The writing style is bizarre - we often go down little plot cul-de-sacs with characters we'll never see again, and there's an abundance of overcomplicated similes and metaphors that gunk up the descriptions instead of making them clearer. The book feels as if it's a fictional biography of Louise Brooks written in the style of Slaughterhouse-Five.

The style also almost makes the book feel as if it's written in iambic pentameter - da DA da DA da DA da DA. There's no ENERGY to the book, no hills or valleys; no matter what's happening we just feel da DA da DA da DA da DA. It sucks any possible emotion out of the story. And it's such a shame - post-WWI Germany is bursting with drama and craziness, but unfortunately while it's technically portrayed in the book, the feel of it is just lacking.

I struggled with the rating of this book because, while I didn't LIKE the book, I didn't NOT like it either. I just found it dull. I didn't mind it when it was in my hands but the moment I put it down I practically forgot about it. So ultimately I think 2 stars captures it best - not a monstrosity but nothing special either.

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Original Title: The Glimmer Palace
ISBN: 1848540310 (ISBN13: 9781848540316)
Edition Language: English
Literary Awards: British Book Award Nominee (0)

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For some reason, this book stayed on my unread shelf for a long time. Perhaps the name and cover put me off (I actually prefer the American version's name and cover, The Glitter Ball, though the life of Lilly Aphrodite seems more appropriate). So when I finally got around to reading it, I was very pleasantly surprised! Colin's writing style is rich and evocative and she certainly crafts a beautiful sentence. She manages to switch between small detailed and conversational sections and wider time



This was a gorgeous and devastating book. The advertised material makes this novel sound like a fun romp. However, it takes place in Germany at the turn of the 20th century and travels through the life of its protagonist into Hitler's rise. I knew little about the travails that lead to the power of the Nazi's. I recommend this book with the caveat that there was much sadness and depravity in this history and you must be prepared to read about how that translated into the life of a child without

I really don't know how to rate this. I have wrote about this book in my journal the past couple of nights because it gives me all of the mixed feelings. The writing in this book is stunning- I feel like I am reading some mix of poetry with fiction and it is delicious. I also think the premise of the story is super interesting. I loved war-torn Berlin as a backdrop, the trials and tribulations that the country as a whole went through personified in Lilly, and the whole film scene in general. It

Kind of surprised to see how bad some of the reviews for this are, as I enjoyed it a lot. I'm trying to be more sparing with my five-star ratings (I'm quite generous with my ratings tbh) but couldn't think of anything I disliked about this enough to knock off a star. It was a page-turner. Oh yeah, it's also been published as The Glimmer Palace, I guess because The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite is a bit of a mouthful. I found it lurking in a discount book place for a couple of quid and, never

I hope this book gets made into a film. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did but the author made it so authentic. The sense of atmosphere she creates sends shivers down my spine at how well it was done. A perfect book that I didn't want to end. The main character was really easy to relate to and being set in wartime it added so much tension to proceedings. Really worth a read if you're looking for something different.

The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite was recommended to us by Dave's daughter Carrie. He bought it for his Kindle account which I can access via Amazon's newish Sharing programme. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Lilly is born at the beginning of a new era - in her case the beginning of the 20th century. Through her eyes, we see the desperate poverty suffered by many people in Germany in the period from 1900 until the end of the Second World War. Another of my recent reads, Life After