7 member(s) found this review helpful.
I don't care if Oprah liked this book; I detested it. I've never encountered a weaker heroine. I wanted to slap her at every page.

Beth G. (
wiggis) wrote on 8/13/2007...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very well done but very depressing. A man even stopped me on the beach when he saw what I was reading and commented on how depressing it was and was curious as to how I was handling it. It took me forever to read because I needed to take breaks every now and then and re-group.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I simply could not get into this book and with 50 pages left I gave up. It was too slow for me and I didn't identify with the characters.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I usually think Oprah's book club choices are boreing and tend to drag on, but I thought this book was a great read. It is a few different stories that tie together keeping it interesting and making you want to read more.

Beverly D. (
Brezybev) wrote on 3/4/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is simply an amazing book! One of the best of the thousands of books I've read over many, many years. BTW. if you live in Northern California (or are interested in it) it's a must read for you too. Set on the coast of No. CA near San Francisco.

Julie M. (
juls0621) wrote on 8/10/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
From Oprah's bookclulb, and a National Book Award Finalist, House of Sand and Fog is one of my all time favorite reads. It is filled with suspense that is almost unbearable at times. The disconnected charachters become intertwined in such a crisis that escalates from chapter to chapter...it is hard to understand how their crisis can every be defused. I love books that focus on immigrant stories...making this one of my favorites.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An ending that will leave you amazed. Intense, touching and enlightening. A wonderful synopsis of life and those around us, including those who come to America to find freedom and perhaps find a lot less.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Oprah's book club choice...slow in the beginning, then picks up speed...good
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a really good read a few years ago. Couldn't put it down. Never saw the movie, but would like to.

Bonnie S. (
Bonnie) wrote on 7/16/2005...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Truly, a very very good book that I couldn't stop reading. But truly, one of the most depressing books I've ever read.