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| Name : | Julie S. |
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The whole of our book group enjoyed this book. The ending is fabulous and unexpected! A very clever and believable story with one part in particular that left us divided as to how we interpreted it - excellent!
Sorry but I really didn't enjoy this book. I actually skipped a few pages in the centre which I've never done before. God is a black woman, Jesus is a cool dude-type and the Holy Ghost is a transparent woman. A bit too much for me. The club had mixed thoughts but the majority didn't enjoy it.
An epic of a book - just when you think things can't get worse, they do - and then again. Magnificent. In my all-time top 3!
It was readable but I wouldn't recommend it as it had very mixed reviews by our club and more didn't like it than did! Very unbelievable ending but I didn't struggle to get through it.
I really liked this book. It's cleverly written with a string of letters to and from Guernsey telling the story. A little predictable but who cares?! I loved the characters who seemed very real. Nice little quick read.
What an amazing book - I loved it. It was a moving account of one girl's experience from 1942 when Jewish families were arrested in Paris and life after the war. At the same time 60 years on a journalist is asked to report on the 1942 round-up. The two stories come together in a thoroughly well written account - I finished the book in two days.
Out Stealing Horses - I can't say I didn't like it (hence 3 stars) and I found the general story easy enough to follow. The story yo-yos from the present to past recounting an old man's life as a youngster and where he is now. However, reference to certain parts of his life within the story never seemed to be made clear and I found that nearing the end of the book I suddenly thought that there wasn't enough pages left to complete the story... and there weren't! It sort of finished and left me a little confused and a little disappointed. One of our book club members suggested that life is like that - loose ends are sometimes left and questions are not always answered - an interesting analogy but I prefer a beginning, middle and end to my novels.
I really enjoyed The Notebook. An easy-to-read romantic but sad love story.
This was amazing. A midwife's recollection of her work in the East End of London (England) in the 1950s. The stories of the people are quite incredible and I found myself going through all emotions - laughing one moment, horrified the next and then crying. I cannot recommend this enough (although I am in England I think you Americans would enjoy this too.)
Although I got through this easily, it wasn't one of my favourite reads. A girl being brought up by her crotchety Grandma, desperate to escape but unable to leave her. It is a story of her growing up with the opportunity of going to a good university. Will she go or not? ...
Very interesting, well-written account from the 5-year-olds' viewpoint.
Fabulous read - I couldn't put it down. I read this and the other two in the trilogy in 4 days!!
Everyone else will tell the story, so I'll just say it was a scary account of a possible future - can't wait for the film later this month!
An amusing "what can possibly happen next" romp... once the 100 year old man disappears, all sorts of unexpected things happen.
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