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Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
Very good classic story that everyone should read.
Review Date: 10/16/2006
this is a ver good memoir
Review Date: 1/19/2007
I would say an enjoyable and challenging read, nothing earth-shattering.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 2
Somewhat interesting, though sometimes the language and writing style was hard to muddle through.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 2
I don't like Alice Hoffman in general but would say this is her best book that I know of. It's a touching and sad story, even if its telling is slightly sentimental.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Really good writing but somehow hard to get through. But I really do think it's a great story.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
The characters aren't too likeable, disappointed by the ending.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Very entertaining if you like short stories-- unusual characters and inventive storylines.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
Really good book, if you're not already sick of coming of age stories like I am! If so, wait a little while so you can fully appreciate this one.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
A novel inside a novel-- the contemporary story examines (pseudo-)friendship and betrayal, and was interesting enough; wasn't too enthralled with the historical back-story involving an anarchist and her sister.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 2
Good writing. For example: "I come from a place where breath, eyes and memory are one, a place from which you carry your past like the hair on your head. Where women return to their children as butterflies or as tears in the eyes of the statues that their daughters pray to."
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 2
LOVED it. of course it's totally drivel, but if something makes you laugh, it's worthy, in my opinion.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
Very twisted and insane story told by a demented young boy who surely needs some Ritalin. Patrick McCabe is a very talented writer and this novel was nominated for the Booker prize; it is a little hard to follow at times, between Francie's disjointed narrative and his madness, but well worth the effort.
Review Date: 2/11/2007
Helpful Score: 3
This is the BEST book. I don't like "science fiction" but this is nothing like you've read. If you're already a Kurt Vonnegut fan, you know what I mean. I LOVE this author!
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 2
Another "coming of age" novel but this is one of the more memorable ones. i really liked the main character and felt a lot of sympathy for her being stuck with the family she was, although as you read they do have redeeming qualities, like most people in the world I guess.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Really enjoyed it-- I think the author is extremely gifted.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
This is a GREAT novel. And I didn't read it because anyone forced me either. People try to make it out to be such an intimidating book, but the language is easy to understand (unlike say Charles Dickens or Jane Austen), after a while you get used to all the Russian names, and it's a fabulous, fascinating story.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
Helpful Score: 1
LOVED IT! and i'm not a teenager. but it was really cool. i guess you'd say it's a little (okay, a LOT) dark?
Review Date: 2/11/2007
Helpful Score: 7
I just finished reading this and it was the most original, wonderfully written story I have read in a long time. It brought out a lot of emotion in me; this book makes you sympathize with seemingly unredeemable personalities. If you're looking for a happy ending or any kind of romance, this isn't for you. But I recommend highly to anyone who wants a fascinating literary experience that sucks you in and keeps you absorbed until the very last page.
Review Date: 1/19/2007
I thought this was a very entertaining book; meanwhile, my friend's opinion was that richard mason should stop attempting to write books. hmm, i guess you'll have to decide for yourselves.
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