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  <read_at>Mon May 19 10:29:28 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books of all time, this one is definitely closest to my heart. I've certainly read it more than any other(Ender's Game being a close second). Which is interesting because it's almost nothing like any of my other favorites(besides maybe Watership Down). Maybe it's because it's the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5085683">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this is an &quot;out-there&quot; book, so I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone, but.....<br/><br/>I can't figure out how I got to 33yo and never read this book!  I just read it with my daughters and we absolutely loved it.  It's a fantastic romp filled with lessons that every child can ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11709929">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somehow I missed reading this book when I was a kid.  I missed seeing the movie based on the book too.  I don't know how I missed the movie.  My family was really into seeing movies (especially when we lived near dollar cinemas), and I saw many other films in this genre: <em>Legend</em> (Tom Cruise in a loin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9434147">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most folks of a certain age have seen the movie they made of this book in the '80s.  What's intriguing is that it's only about the first third of the book.  Much, much more happens to Bastian in the Neverending Story than we ever got to see.  Granted, most of it is a slightly preachy allegory about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/569093">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book on which the movies were based (loosely).  While I still love the first movie, having grown up on it, this book blows it right out of the water.  Michael Ende's creativity and originality (not <em>quite</em> the same things) are brilliantly showcased in this novel.  Don't miss it!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Bastian embarks on a wild adventure when he enters the magical world of Fantastica, a doomed land filled with dragons, giants, and monsters, and risks his life to save Fantastica by going on a very dangerous quest.]]>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Saw the movie first]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the books that is definitely better than the movie. It says something because the movie was fantasticly done! But the story has much more levels and goes much further than the on the screen. It is so vividly written that you in your mind you see the characters and the landscapes. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38629875">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Neverending Story is right! It took me so flippin long to read this book. I wanted to read it because I've seen the movie a million times. Love it. It's a classic. I mean how many times have you drunkenly screamed &quot;Artax!!!&quot;. If you're like me, more times than your sober mind knows of. So ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23393366">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Like other reviewers, I had seen this movie and I loved it, so I decided to read the book with high hopes. However, I had unmet expectations.<br/><br/>The beginning and up until about the middle of this book are written very well and held my attention. The book is filled with suspense as we follow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18536193">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[****All Time Favorite Book****<br/><br/>As another reviewer so rightly pointed out: This is a book lover's dream, a book that never ends. <br/><br/>Like I always say, a picture is worth 1000 words, but a mental picture is worth 1000 times more. Words cannot ever capture what's in a picture, ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1692000">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books of all time. Every time I read it I pick up on something new. <br/><br/>I was lucky enough to get a newish edition that had the multicolored inks and the full-page chapter starters. It took me until last year to realize that the 26 chapters of the book each start w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36598477">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Bastian embarks on a wild adventure when he enters the magical world of Fantastica, a doomed land filled with dragons, giants, and monsters, and risks his life to save Fantastica by going on a very dangerous quest.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Neverending Story is written from the perspective of a boy, Bastian, who is reading a book that he eventually enters. By reading the book, Bastian becomes a part of the story.<br/>Ende manages to write from two perspectives -- that of Bastian while reading, and the book itself -- without confus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38798035">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first half is gripping, or was, to my fourteen years old self. The second half was a bit of a letdown, mainly because the main character becomes something that he is not.<br/><br/>I still spent four straight hours reading, unable to do anything else. So although I give it three stars (or rathe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17505576">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I saw this movie when I was a child and thoroughly loved it, it never occured to me that it might be based on a novel.  So when I was gifted this book, it came as a complete surprise.  The book read almost exactly like the movie which was both a surprise and a pleasure.  It was when I almos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48117840">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If ever there was a genre that was difficult to write for, it is fantasy. It is littered with fantastic creatures, special royalty, fated heroes, and powerful magicks that have become so mundane they might as well be cast as the girl next door. That is why, it is always refreshing to find one, or to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46708416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is a bit tricky to review the plot of The Neverending Story because it is a story about itself.  It opens with a boy named Bastian discovering a book called The Neverending Story.  This book that Bastian finds  is not exactly the book I am now reviewing, but Bastian's book does contain the the bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66700668">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually really wanted to like this story. I had read all these great reviews on Amazon and couldn't wait to finish The Grapes of Wrath to start reading this. In the end, I ditched Grapes of Wrath and began this with a half-finished book on my shelf anyway. <br/><br/>Even though there were some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61749633">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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