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    <body><![CDATA[ A Very Important New Writer: A Remarkably Sensitive First Novel<br/>           <br/>Shawn Stewart Ruff may be a name known to only a few avid readers of short stories, but with the publication of FINLATER this gifted writer is bound to be recognized as a very important voice in American literature....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48862119">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a Goodreads First Reads win, and I'm pleased I got to read it. The story follows the coming-of-age experience of a boy named Cliffy, who lives in the Cincinnati area during the 1970s. One almost immediately feels immersed in the reasoning of a barely adolescent boy, in the time period, in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51362416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book I won in a Goodreads giveaway. I am certainly glad I did because I would not have sought out this book on my own.  <br/>It is a good story about a 2 boys from completly different cultures coming togther and falling in love for the first time.  The thing that is so great about this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50961196">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Cliffy! He is thoughtful, intelligent, sympathetic, and kind in a sea of ugliness and hatred.<br/><br/>&quot;Finlater&quot; is set in the projects of Cincinnati in the barely post-segregation 1970s. The 13-year-old spelling champion and hero of this book enchanted me from the start.  Intell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59211552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this book as a goodreads giveaway. I was extremely surprised by how much I liked it. It's about two 8th grade boys from different walks of life that become friends in the 1970's. It's about the struggles of adolescence and dealing with your first love. There are alot of controversial issu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52462790">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Finlater was a quick and fun read. I literally read through it in one sitting. The character development was spot on and the language and time really came through in the author's words. <br/><br/>Great if you're looking for something quick to get through with a cute and heartwarming story. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57014729">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book very difficult to get through. Since I won it as a Goodread giveaway I felt obligated to finish it. I felt it was too graphic and that there were loose ends that were just left hanging at the end of the book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The really great thing about this book is that you really feel like your in the character's head. <br/><br/>I've seen a couple people say it's too graphic or some such. I think that's ridiculous. It has some sex and swearing, but nobody's eating babies or anything, and the book's not loaded down w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49919410">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really a decent book.  I just felt, though, that it could have been a lot more, given the complex themes it takes on (racism, classism, anti-semitism, sexual orientation, ghettoization, adolescence).  The whole thing seemed too simplistic to me, but I guess that is to be expected in a book written i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38134537">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A real treasure of a book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I won this title as a Goodreads giveaway and just now got around to finishing it. I didn't dislike the book, but for some reason it didn't grab me and keep me engrossed either and I found that I kept setting it down for periods of time. I think maybe it felt like it would have been better as a short...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50907633">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A coming of age story like you have never read before. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Coming of age story in middle town Ohio. Good read!]]></body>
    
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