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368
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avg rating 3.97
num ratings 251,744
date pub 1985
date pub edition Sep 19, 2006
Karatepop's rating my rating review I really liked this book - I'm glad I finally read some Margaret Atwood. Initially I thought, oh, how unlikely , but as I kept reading I realised it rea...more
I really liked this book - I'm glad I finally read some Margaret Atwood. Initially I thought, oh, how unlikely , but as I kept reading I realised it really isn't. I mean, if some people (I'm lookin' at you Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Akin) had their way, which unfortunately isn't as uncommon a viewpoint as I would hope (all you have to do is read comments on a news article involving a woman), I'm sure this is how things would go. What's really great is that nothing in Gilead is new. Not a single new idea! It's just an amalgam of ideas, customs, etc. A really good read, if a bit frightening.(less)
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cover title author isbn 0670019631
isbn13 9780670019632
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num pages
390
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avg rating 4.11
num ratings 12,790
date pub Jan 01, 2009
date pub edition Dec 29, 2009
Karatepop's rating my rating review Clever, silly, imaginative, funny, well-written, etc.. The man has a vocabulary, which is nice. Sadly, the next book doesn't come out until 2014. The e...more
Clever, silly, imaginative, funny, well-written, etc.. The man has a vocabulary, which is nice. Sadly, the next book doesn't come out until 2014. The entire book takes place over just four days. A lot of the criticism I've heard/read/watched has been about how detailed the book is, but that's something I really liked about it. It's not detailed in that it's adjective after adjective after adjective - Eddie, the narrator, is just telling his story. It's never dull or tedious.(less)
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cover title author isbn 1566197139
isbn13 9781566197137
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avg rating 4.09
num ratings 80,779
date pub 1911
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Karatepop's rating my rating review This is way better than the Disney version - it's clever, funny, entertaining, and a bit sad. Mr. Darling is freaking hilarious. I think Peter might b...more
This is way better than the Disney version - it's clever, funny, entertaining, and a bit sad. Mr. Darling is freaking hilarious. I think Peter might be a bit of a psychopath to be honest. Adam and I read this over the course of a couple weeks. One of the reasons he likes it is because he thinks J.M. Barrie completely understood how a child's imagination works. Agreed.(less)
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cover title author isbn 0812967127
isbn13 9780812967128
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num pages
228
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avg rating 3.95
num ratings 27,336
date pub 1951
date pub edition Jul 01, 2003
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avg rating 3.76
num ratings 21,406
date pub 1912
date pub edition Jun 23, 2008
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cover title author isbn 1439107955
isbn13 9781439107959
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num pages
571
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avg rating 4.24
num ratings 16,675
date pub Jan 01, 2010
date pub edition Nov 16, 2010
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isbn13 9781400052172
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num pages
370
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avg rating 4.05
num ratings 140,632
date pub 2010
date pub edition Feb 02, 2010
Karatepop's rating my rating review Very interesting history of the HeLa cells. Unlike some people, I think the family is an important part of the story, even the grandkids; it's sad the...more
Very interesting history of the HeLa cells. Unlike some people, I think the family is an important part of the story, even the grandkids; it's sad they lost Henrietta and that so many things seemed to spiral out of control afterward, but, at the same time, I'm glad for all the positive things that came from the research done using HeLa (like the polio vaccine). I'm content with the level of discussion on bioethics; I'm definitely going to do some more research about cell donation and gene patenting, which I think is flippin' ridiculous. I found the book engaging and easy to follow. I thought Deborah was, for the most part, charming - very curious and compassionate, possessing a level of understanding much of her family seems to lack. As for the family... I'm sad for Deborah that it took her dying for the men in her life to stop acting like children. Yes, it's very, very sad that your mother died while you were all so young, that you had no knowledge of what was happening with your mother's cells, and that you were badly abused by the woman who stepped in to "care" for you; however, that is hardly a reason to justify the absolutely disgusting way in which you treat people. It is not justifiable to say that's why you're the angriest person in the world, that's why you killed that man, that's why you smashed that bottle over a woman's back and pushed her through a window, that's why you commit armed robbery. At some point you have to act like an adult, which your mother was doing by the age of 13, and take some responsibility for your frigging actions. I'm glad they seem to have wised up a bit, but I'm sad that Deborah had to die in order for that to happen.(less)
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cover title author isbn 0393068579
isbn13 9780393068573
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num pages
329
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avg rating 4.03
num ratings 9,006
date pub Sep 08, 2009
date pub edition Sep 08, 2009
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cover title author isbn 0393064646
isbn13 9780393064643
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num pages
319
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avg rating 3.80
num ratings 19,927
date pub 2008
date pub edition Mar 17, 2008
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cover title author isbn 0486287599
isbn13 9780486287591
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num pages
64
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avg rating 4.00
num ratings 7,291
date pub 1729
date pub edition Feb 02, 1996
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cover title author isbn 0140093702
isbn13 9780140093704
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num pages
176
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avg rating 4.28
num ratings 326
date pub Jan 01, 1981
date pub edition Feb 03, 1987
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cover title author isbn 0393324826
isbn13 9780393324822
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num pages
320
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avg rating 4.06
num ratings 56,693
date pub Jan 01, 2003
date pub edition May 17, 2004
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cover title author isbn 0891419195
isbn13 9780891419198
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num pages
315
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avg rating 4.39
num ratings 6,835
date pub 1981
date pub edition Sep 25, 2007
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cover title author isbn 0684826801
isbn13 9780684826806
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num pages
187
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avg rating 4.25
num ratings 13,574
date pub 1947
date pub edition Sep 01, 1995
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cover title author isbn 0756636922
isbn13 9780756636920
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num pages
512
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avg rating 4.52
num ratings 89
date pub Oct 16, 2006
date pub edition Jul 21, 2008
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cover title author isbn 0525444475
isbn13 9780525444473
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353
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avg rating 4.43
num ratings 17,341
date pub 1926
date pub edition Oct 14, 2010
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cover title author isbn 0517189607
isbn13 9780517189603
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num pages
331
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avg rating 4.09
num ratings 321,980
date pub 1911
date pub edition Sep 01, 1998
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cover title author isbn 0156439611
isbn13 9780156439619
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260
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avg rating 4.10
num ratings 25,353
date pub 1979
date pub edition Oct 20, 1982
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isbn13 9780743410069
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512
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avg rating 4.15
num ratings 402
date pub May 15, 2001
date pub edition Apr 30, 2002
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94
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avg rating 3.74
num ratings 78,176
date pub Jan 1759
date pub edition Jan 01, 1991
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avg rating 4.27
num ratings 1,004
date pub 1962
date pub edition Aug 21, 1986
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cover title author isbn 0345377966
isbn13 9780345377968
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720
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avg rating 4.08
num ratings 1,973
date pub 1997
date pub edition Apr 07, 1998
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cover title author isbn 0060529709
isbn13 9780060529703
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276
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avg rating 3.89
num ratings 82,112
date pub May 30, 2002
date pub edition Apr 01, 2003
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cover title author isbn 0679775439
isbn13 9780679775430
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num pages
607
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avg rating 4.19
num ratings 72,432
date pub 1994
date pub edition Sep 01, 1998
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avg rating 4.15
num ratings 32,966
date pub 1985
date pub edition Sep 28, 2001
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cover title author isbn 1400079276
isbn13 9781400079278
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avg rating 4.09
num ratings 72,487
date pub 2002
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isbn13 9780375714832
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avg rating 4.28
num ratings 29,375
date pub 2000
date pub edition Oct 30, 2007
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cover title author isbn 0930289234
isbn13 9780930289232
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avg rating 4.31
num ratings 194,822
date pub 1986
date pub edition Apr 01, 1995
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cover title author isbn 0312282990
isbn13 9780312282998
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 89,645
date pub Sep 19, 2000
date pub edition Aug 25, 2001
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isbn13 9780965818674
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518
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avg rating 3.90
num ratings 693,574
date pub Jul 05, 2003
date pub edition 2003
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