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    <body><![CDATA[The Bright Forever by Lee Martin is not only a thoughtful contemplation on the nature of regret but also a dynamic page-turner that this reader could not put down. The story itself is truly riveting, and the characters are so real that I felt totally drawn into their world. One of the book's greates...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1187991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the voices in this book. The Bright Forever tells the story of the disappearance of Katie, an engaging 9 year old. Each chapter is narrated by one of the main characters. It reminded me Jodi Picoult's style of story telling. By the end of the book I felt empathy for all of the characters. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was equally engrossing and disturbing. I'm actually surprised I chose to read it as it was about the disappearance of a little girl. Comparisons to Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones will surely come to mind, but the books are nothing alike.  I enjoyed this book so much more than Sebold's nov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24623733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to say: This book is absolutely amazing. The story is about the kidnapping (and death? I will not ruin this secret) of a little girl from a small Indiana town in the 1970's. The point of view shifts often, from the mother, father, brother, to the teacher, neighbor, etc., even inclu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5463221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[what a disappointment! this book as well as the known world make me wonder what the hell's wrong with the pulitzer people. Martin's novel has the most common, boring prose i've seen in a while. i didnt care for or what happened to any of the characters and the dialogue-especially that of Raymond R. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5387873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed the style.  The story is told from each characters perspective and due the the lies and different characters perspectives you really don't know what happens until the end. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A teenaged son and his parents, and a middle-aged math teacher deal with not only grief but guilt after their young daughter/sister/student disappears while taking her overdue books back to the library.  <br/><br/>When the prime suspect in Katie's disappearance won't talk, the family feels a power...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4214344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;If you want to listen, you’ll have to trust me. Or close the book; go back to your lives. I warn you: this is a story as hard to hear as it is for me to tell.&quot;<br/><br/>I have very mixed feelings about this book. First and foremost, had this not been assigned for class, I would have t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56963372">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a poignant suspenseful story about the disappearance of nine-year-old Katie Mackey, the daughter of one of the most affluent families of the Heights, a small Indiana town, and two men from neighboring working-class Gooseneck who might be responsible for Katie's disappearance.  The first of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64218696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There was great character development along with edge-of-your-seat suspense.  The mystery was tied into what we learn bit by bit of the characters and the parts they played.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lee Martin’s heartbreaking <em>The Bright Forever</em> is a novel of small details and giant events, an honest-to-God page-turner, and a notable achievement. His economical use of plain language and his focus on revisited details help the novel to read, in some sense, like a short story. That is, there is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66116834">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a completely absorbing, well-crafted novel--very clear why it was a PUlitzer Prize finalist.  WHat I like most about the book was how complex my relationship with  the narrator was.   More than any book I've read recently, it elicited very strong emotional responses form me toward the narra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4526354">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58919.The_Bright_Forever_A_Novel" title="The Bright Forever  A Novel by Lee Martin">The Bright Forever</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin" title="George R.R. Martin">Lee Martin</a> is a touching, heart-breaking story of a little girl, Katie Mackey, gone missing and the people whose lives were involved and affected.  I liked the way the story was told in alternating character perspectives, while the main narrative was told by Mr. Dees.  While I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81042787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[*********SPOILER***************<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>This book was absolutely horrible. The storyline was disgusting and reminiscent of the Jon Benet Ramsey media story. I found the story repulsive and sickening. It reminded me of The Lovely Bones but that was much better written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OMG don't even get me started on this book.  It is a bad copy of The lovely bones, just written from a different point of view.  It is sad and depressing and just disgusting at times.  I don't see how this book was up for any awards.  Don't waste your time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my Community of Readers book; I took it on because so many kids chose it that we needed more sponsors. It's about a missing girl, like <em>The Lovely Bones</em>, but not nearly as good. I found the writing slow and repetitive, and a lot of what happens strains credulity. I just didn't think people w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71570101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Characters are not that likeable and the story is written from several different perspectives which makes it confusing to understand at the beginning. I suppose it could be called a &quot;murder mystery&quot; but it was a rather disappointing read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book caught my attention due to the recommendation by Kent Haruf on the front cover.  I really do not know how to rate it.  I picked it up yesterday afternoon at the airport and finished the last few pages this morning, so it was definitely an engaging read.  The problem is that it was a horrif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41320695">more...</a>]]></body>
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