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All He Ever Wanted
All He Ever Wanted
Author: Anita Shreve
In the wake of such acclaimed #1 bestsellers as The Pilot's Wife, The Last Time They Met, and Sea Glass, Anita Shreve gives us a brilliant new novel about love, jealousy, and loss. It is the story of a man whose obsession with a young woman begins when he meets her fleetingly--as he helps her escape from a fire in a restaurant--and culminates in...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316735735
ISBN-10: 0316735736
Pages: 352
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3.3 stars, based on 281 ratings
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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I loved Wedding in December. Did not like this one at all. Very dark and cloying. So, I disagree that if you like Anita Shreve, you'll love this one. I didn't. I thought the main character was manipulative, controlling, and abusive. The story was difficult to follow.
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As always with Shreve's books you do not know what direction the plot will go next. You have a sense of how it might end by the mood of the narator, but the details are presented so well you wont want to put it down until you find out what becomes of these characters. Not her best, but not bad.
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The cover blurb says this is a novel about love that crosses over into obsession. I'll have to take their word for it, because I couldn't get through it. The Dickensian style and the incredibly unlikeable narrator made it just too dreary to be worth the effort.

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  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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Overall the book was kind of a let down. I kept expecting something more to happen. And it just didn't.
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This book was very interesting to read...I really can see how a marriage can go very wrong when two people have such different outlooks on their union and such deception can lead no where but trouble for all involved.
I felt it was worth reading and always enjoy this authors stories.
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Pretty good. Period piece and well told story. Kept my attention like all of Shreve's works. Not my favorite of her's but still a good read.


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