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A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Author: Khaled Hosseini - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more

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From: Posted: Mar 24, 2007 Type: User Review Behind the burqa

With his second novel, Khaled Hosseini proves beyond a shadow of doubt that "The Kite Runner" was no flash in the Afghan pan. Once again set in Afghanistan, the story twists and turns its way through the turmoil and chaos that ensued following the...
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From: Posted: Jun 05, 2007 Type: User Review Victim Lit

It is hard to argue with the central premise of this book, which seems to be that it's tough to be a woman in a patriarchal society, especially one torn by war and chaos. And the history of Afghanistan is a tragic one. Agreed.

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From: Posted: May 24, 2007 Type: User Review A splendid, woman-centric story of friendship born of tragedy

In a backdrop of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, adversaries form an unlikely bond based on a common fate: suffering cruelty at the hands of a man they fear. The story line in Hosseini's second novel is straightforward and contains fewer overly...
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Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

Author: Sara Gruen - (Paperback) ... more

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From: Posted: May 25, 2006 Type: User Review Fast paced romantic read for summer,

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Don't miss this book if you like elephants, romace, and want an enjoyable, fun read for summer. In Water for Elephants, the circus big top is highlighted by author Sara Gruen. At the ending, Gruen pulls off a remarkable...
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From: Posted: Jul 29, 2006 Type: User Review Disappointing

Having picked up on the positive buzz about this book, I couldn't wait to read it. I'd imagined it would be somehow magical, enchanting - and I could not have been more incorrect in that assumption.

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From: Posted: Jun 23, 2006 Type: User Review Proof that a savvy publisher can pry $23 right out of your hand, if you are not careful!

If you are looking for deep, mind tickling literature, you will not find it here! What you will get, is a bit of entertainment and slight escapism. I'm a little baffled by all the hype. I guess there really is marketing genius in this field and...
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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Author: Khaled Hosseini - (Paperback) - 2004 ... more

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From: Posted: Jun 13, 2003 Type: User Review Not to be missed

This book is mesmerizing from start to finish. It is the type of book you will not want to put down. This means staying up late or squeezing it in on your lunch hour. Do not miss it.
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From: Posted: Jul 09, 2004 Type: User Review a big disappointment

while glimpses of a different culture were interesting, the protagonist (at least of the first 100 plus pages - which was all I could read) was such an unpleasant (as well as unhappy) boy, that I just couldn't care what happened to him - and...
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From: Posted: Aug 20, 2003 Type: User Review A friend in needa friend, indeed!

Hassan is slavishly devoted to Amir. The class system is alive and well in Afghanistan and Hassan and his father are members of a detested caste called Hazara. Despite the fact that Hassan and his father are beloved by Amir's father and treated...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)

The Road (Oprah's Book Club)

Author: Cormac McCarthy - (Paperback) - 2007 ... more

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From: Posted: Mar 28, 2007 Type: User Review Great American Writer Produces Another Classic

First of all, I own this book on hardcover, becoming a fan of McCarthy shortly after Esquire endorsed another book of his (No Country for Old Men). However, after hearing that Oprah selected it for the book club, I thought about how great it is...
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From: Posted: Apr 05, 2007 Type: User Review Hope Springs...Artificial

I thought this book was frustratingly vague. It didn't seem so much a way to force the reader to use his/her imagination as it did more a limited effort on the part of the author to tell a complete, coherent story. The endless descriptions were...
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From: Posted: Apr 02, 2007 Type: User Review Interesting Read, But the storytelling with its loose plots lacks style.

There have been many reviews on this book, but I'll add my brief thoughts as to what my impression is of this literary work.

The novel takes you on a trip with a man and his son, traveling along a very barren road that goes nowhere...
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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)

Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)

Author: Patricia Cornwell - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more

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From: Posted: Oct 27, 2007 Type: User Review fine but different type of crime thriller

Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her long time lover Benton Wesley are called to Rome to work with a team investigating the death of sixteen-year-old tennis star Drew Martin. Her body was left in a prominent location so that her mutilated corpse would be...
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From: Posted: Oct 28, 2007 Type: User Review I really wanted to like this

I bought Patricia Cornwell's latest offering with the highest of hopes. Surely she has read the criticisms offered for her last few efforts. Surely she would have worked hard to correct the flaws that so many readers complained of . . .the shift...
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From: Posted: Oct 23, 2007 Type: User Review Change of scenery breathes little life into series

Once again, the forensic detail is what will hook most Scarpetta fans in 'Book of the Dead,' whose title seems descriptive of the inner lives of the characters. Kay Scarpetta's recent relocation to South Carolina, as well as a detour to Rome to...
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel

Then We Came to the End: A Novel

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From: Posted: Feb 18, 2007 Type: User Review terrific character driven look at the office

In a Chicago ad agency, the era of good feeling that marked most of the second Clinton term seems over. Empty cubicle syndrome frightens much of the staff as employees will be fired. Competition is fierce as symbolism like spots, chairs, and...
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From: Posted: May 12, 2007 Type: User Review Nice concept but...

This book quickly became tiresome. I expected the character development to progress through the beginning of the book, but it never did. The writer just didn't make me care too much about the characters. It's too bad, as this is a great concept...
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From: Posted: Mar 25, 2007 Type: User Review And still, office life is boring...

I dunno. The trivial of peoples' lives is still the trivia of peoples' lives if you dont take them seriously. Which this novel doesnt. It's well-written, of course. Smart, of course. "Ironic" of course. But the distance between the author...
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel

The Savage Detectives: A Novel

Author: Roberto Bolano - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more

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From: Posted: Apr 08, 2007 Type: User Review Not since Borges

Not since Borges has a Latin American writer placed literature itself as the central concern of his fiction as Bolano so explicitly and touchingly does in The Savage Detectives. "Life put us all in our place or in the place that suited her, and...
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From: Posted: May 09, 2007 Type: User Review Very slow

I really found myself plugging through the early chapters waiting for something to happen and to find the quality that many reviewers seemed to see in this novel. I never did and finally gave up without even finishing the lackluster story.
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From: Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review Three stars for good writing

But I really could not finish this either. I just wasn't interested enough in the story or the characters to stay with a book of this length. It's like a Mexican beat road trip in the middle -- which is only interesting if you're into that...
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On Chesil Beach: A Novel

On Chesil Beach: A Novel

Author: Ian McEwan - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more

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From: Posted: Jun 05, 2007 Type: User Review "A secret affair between disgust and joy."



In his latest novel, McEwan once again demonstrates a unique talent for precise examination of the pivotal moments of people's lives, the mostly unmarked, yet critical events that alter the direction of the future. In prose that...
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From: Posted: Jun 19, 2007 Type: User Review Clearly in the minority

I fully realize that as I am writing this, I am outnumbered 18-1 in the reviews of this book.

Frankly, I absolutly loathed it.

Florence and Edward don't, for a second, feel like actual human beings. I never saw any...
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From: Posted: May 30, 2007 Type: User Review McEwan's Latest Sketch

Like many of McEwan's books, this one was difficult to hate/difficult to love. Difficult to hate as McEwan is one of the most skillful writers in English right now--he writes sentences that are among the most elegant going. At the same time, it...
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Out Stealing Horses: A Novel

Out Stealing Horses: A Novel

Author: Per Petterson - (Hardcover) - 2007 ... more