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    <body><![CDATA[I might not have been in the right frame of mind when I read this... I love Atkinson. The way she winds her characters together is phenomenal. But I found this book confusing and was waiting for a &quot;pop&quot; at the end... that never came. I could be too literal, or, like I said, it could have j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67732851">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I'm not a writer, but this book just seemed like some sort of practice exercise you would do for a class:  Take all the random characters that have been bouncing around in your head but you haven't been able to work into a novel.  Write them into some random scenes.  Give a character from each...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38730792">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An engaging novel in stories, or perhaps novel in fables is more apt, since most of these tales let the metaphor out of the bag.  Characters and pop culture references interlock across the book&#8212;<em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>, a notorious actress named Romney.  And Atkinson nods to her comic predecessors a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8271284">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Unusually sophisticated retelling of the story of Noah's ark, told partially from the point of view of the younger sister of Shem, Japheth, and Ham, but also from the wives of Noah's sons, and even the animals on board. Short but satisfying, taking the Biblical story quite literally, but questioning...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72039291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a whole pile of interesting stories tied together in convoluted ways that had me flipping back and forth between them.  Phrases like &quot;His raptorial sobriquet&quot; make me to want to read her books out loud.  I would have placed this book in the magical realism genre right up until the end, whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68088377">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[nearly tossed the book out of the window at first... but after pushing on the characters in the individual stories started connecting and then the book opened up.  the impossible parts, like when the dead mom comes back, was a bit much but it made sense in the end. am looking forward for reading her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68955087">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've now read all of Kate Atkinson's books, and I can truly say she is one of my favorite writers. Every single book I've read of hers has been excellent, and in fact this one, which was my least favorite, was still good. I've been wondering how she moved from her earlier novels to her detective nov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62086371">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not at all what I was expecting.  This was a fascinating book of short stories somewhat similar to Kelly Link's.  I have a feeling some of these characters will stay with me for awhile.  As soon as I finished this, I wanted to start reading it from the beginning again.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of the same characters pop in different places in this book of linked short stories... but I didn't figure out how they were connected until the final story (although the title gives you a tantalizing hint).  An ingenious premise, wonderful writing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first impression of this book was similar to reading Dr Suess! Atkinson weaves stories dropping tidbits from story to story until the reader is able to make the wonderful connections. I truly loved this book and can't wait to read more by one of my new favorite authors! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of short stories is a good bit heavier on the magic realism than her novels, which I found extremely offputting at first. However, as I continued through the stories it all started to come together. <br/><br/>There were lots of references to Greek mythology that I only half-picked ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41578964">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[...magic realism that isnt annoying...a skilled, seductive writer - creates vivid little worlds in which the often dark magic is in the cracks of ordinary lives... ]]></body>
    
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