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    <body><![CDATA[okay so the ending - who knows - but the rest of the book had a lot of enjoyable writing. its true it was predictable and there were some inconsistencies, but then i realized she was 17 when she wrote this, so i forgave the flaws.(so magnanimous, i) it would have been 4 stars, but that ending.... bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45526065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't go to sleep the night I finished this novel. I got into bed and attempted to read my chapter or two and ended up reading until I was done...at 5 o'clock in the morning! Every time I finished one chapter, I had to read the next and then the next. But nothing ever happened...other than extrem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15048591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It has taken me way longer than it should to get through this 320 page book. I just couldn't do it. I lost interest 100 pages into it, not because it was boring but because it just wasn't engaging. I didn't form any attachments to the characters, I didn't look forward to picking it up in my free tim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24865069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to love this book. The themes of duality, sisters/twins, and cultural identity were engaging, but it seemed like these were never fully explored, despite the length of the book. The author, Helen Oyeyemi, spends over 300 pages drawing readers into her story, inviting them to wonder what kin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49426539">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a complex book-- I am still absorbing it, even though I finished it a week or so back. And the fact that it was written while the author was still in school. Egads! I am humbled and awed.<br/><br/>From the first minutes of meeting 8 year old Jessamy, who was hiding in the airing closet (we do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43612382">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8859588">
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    <body><![CDATA[While this debut novel is certainly an impressive achievement for an 18-year-old writer, it's hard to escape the conclusion that purely on its own merits as a book, it's rather flat. Apparently partially inspired by the author's own troubles as a child, the story centers on the psychological problem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78215283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="95503">
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering the author wrote this while still in Secondary school, it's a pretty amazing achievement. However there are a number of areas where the author's age and inexperience show through to the detriment of the work as a whole. Overall I'd rate it soso, but a valiant first attempt from a promisi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/95503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barangkali sebagian dari kita pernah memiliki teman khayalan saat kita masih kecil dahulu. Menurut ilmu psikologi, itu adalah gejala kejiwaan yang wajar terjadi  dan hampir setiap anak mengalaminya. Saya sendiri tidak ingat, apakah saya pernah memilikinya. Namun, sekarang saya sering memerhatikan ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35826581">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up when I was in London last summer for Jules' wedding.  It's the first novel of a Nigerian-English author, and she was apparently in high school when she wrote it.  With that in mind, it's an excellent book.  It's the story of a Nigerian-English girl (hmm) who is quite young and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17360351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried my best to put the authors age out of my mind while reading her book.  Which isn't easy to do, because you can't help but wonder what kind of book you might have written when you were in your late teens.  Any good parts encourage you to heap on extra praise, any weaknesses get glossed over f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8136837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alih Bahasa : Esti Budihabsari<br/>Foto Cover : Photolibrary<br/>Desain Sampul : Eduard Iwan Mangopang<br/>Diterbitkan pertama kali oleh Penerbit PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, Juni 2006<br/>392 hlm; 20 cm<br/><br/>Anak punya teman khayalan ? Tidak usah panik, menurut beberapa sumber, hal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6474240">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good debut with some truly inspired writing, but it didn't carry me all the way through to the end. Recently, I've begun learning more about African art - with a specific focus on Yoruba art and culture. One of the things I've learned is the importance of twins in Yoruba culture - and that emphasi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/822954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of a precocious 8 year-old girl seemingly unable to cope with the pressures of skipping a grade, The Icarus Girl opened strong and certainly captured my interest. Told from the perspective of the main character Jess, the story unfolds in an appropriately disjointed fashion as she moves bet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11787362">more...</a>]]></body>
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