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    <body><![CDATA[Nobody but I have actually READ &quot;Forrest Gump.&quot; So, since I have READ it, let's get a few things straight:<br/><br/>1. It was a football coach, NOT Forrest's promiscuous mother, who got him into public school in spite of his low IQ- and that wasn't until he was about sixteen. He went to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13769030">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rarely do I go to a movie and say that the movie was definitely better than the book, but this was one time that was true.  I really liked the movie with the great soundtrack setting the scenes throughout the 60's and 70's, and of course, Tom Hanks played a GREAT Forrest.  I did enjoy how the book p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5200060">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Social satire. Parts are clever and parts hit you over the head with the world's largest plot mallet.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this years ago and my memory is a little fuzzy but I remember it was a lot different from the movie.  Specifically, Forrest was an astronaut at one point and also ended up stranded on a desert island.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book! It is alot like the movie but with some different thigs in it.  Forrest Gump is a person who has a mental handicap. He goes to a special school and then gets accepted to Alabama University because of football. He soon flunks out of college, so he got drafted into the army. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22492627">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book after watching the movie, and learned how vastly different it was from the cinematic version. Despite the differences and the fact I enjoyed the movie a great deal, I discovered the old adage remained true: the book was indeed better. It led me to the sequel and a couple of Groom's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16149835">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There are very few books that are not as good as the movie. In the past decade, only <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5319.A_Christmas_Story_The_Book_That_Inspired_the_Hilarious_Classic_Film" title="A Christmas Story  The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film by Jean Shepherd">A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film</a> was significantly improved in it's movie adaptation. Until today. For me, <em>Forrest Gump</em> is a meandering, theme-less series of vignettes, where Gump...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37216668">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[‘Mister Gump, you are a very amusing feller.’<br/>Like most of the rest of the world, I saw the movie years ago.  It’s taken me a long time to get around to reading the book and I’m delighted to say that I enjoyed it immensely.  While the movie and the book share some common characteristics...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34542902">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow.<br/><br/>Wow, is all.<br/><br/>I've been wanting to read this since I worked at the used book store and spotted it on the shelf. Took 12 years, but I finally did it!<br/><br/>Wow. The movie did not go with the book at all. And I really, really understand why. <br/><br/>The mother is a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34123869">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[    Actually I've already watched the movie 'Forrest Gump' two times. Nevertheless, I choose it again because not only the story but also Forrest was very attractive. His IQ is near 70, but he is not stupid. (however... the sentences are little strange... I think it the author expressed his foolish ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33324285">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Pokoknya, nggak enak deh jadi orang idiot. Orang-orang pada ketawa, nggak sabaran, dan suka seenaknya sama kita. Padahal mereka mestinya lebih ramah sama orang cacat, tapi asal tahu aja, nggak selalu begitu lho. Tapi aku nggak mau ngeluh kok, soalnya aku rasa hidupku bisa dibilang cukup seru&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30957275">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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