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recommended to pardis by: Pargol Inalu
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read in November, 2009

pardis said: "A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "love "

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Srisurang said: "รวมเรื่องสั้นเล่มนี้ อ่านนานมาà¸�à¹�ล้ว à¹�ต่ยังจำได้ติดใจ โดยเฉพาะเรื่อง ดรรชนีนาง ชอบเพลงทà¸...more รวมเรื่องสั้นเล่มนี้ อ่านนานมาà¸�à¹�ล้ว à¹�ต่ยังจำได้ติดใจ โดยเฉพาะเรื่อง ดรรชนีนาง ชอบเพลงที่à¹�ต่งประà¸�อบเรื่องนี้ด้วยค่ะ จำชื่อเพลงไม่ได้ จำได้à¹�ต่เนื้อเพลงที่ขึ้นต้นว่า

"...ทะเลงาม ยามดึ�ดื่น...เมื่อคลื่นหลับ
�สงเดือนจับ เจิดนภา เวหาหาว
นั่งเรือน้อย เคลื่อนคล้อย ใต้�สงดาว
พร่างน้ำพราว ผ่องเพชร เ�ล็ดนที..."
ซึ่งเนื้อร้องนี้ดัด�ปลงมาจา�ข้อความบางตอนในเรื่องค่ะ

ดรรชนีนาง เป็นอะไรที่ สุดๆ มา� เริ่มต้น�บบรั�หวาน�หวว �ึ่งจะเป็นรั�อมตะ �ต่จบ�บบ ชาตินี้คงไม่มีวันลืม

เขตสปอยล์....



นางเอ�ไม่สมหวังนะคะ �ต่เธอได้ทำสิ่งที่ ให้ความรู้สึ�ของ�าร��้�ค้นอย่างรุน�รงมา�ๆ คือตัดนิ้วของตัวเอง นิ้วชี้ ที่�ทนชื่อตัวเธอด้วย เธอชื่อ ดรรชนี �ปลว่า นิ้วชี้ ส่งไปให้�ับพระเอ�เป็นของขวั� วันที่พระเอ��ต่งงาน�ับคนอื่น ความที่พระเอ�เป็นคนไม่ดี หลอ�นางเอ�จริงๆ �ต่เนียนมา� คนอ่าน�็คิดว่าเขารั�จริง หลงเชื่อสุดใจ เหมือนที่นางเอ�เชื่อ �ล้ว�็ต้องผิดหวังอย่าง�รง อ่าน�ล้วเลยสะใจ ที่พระเอ�สยองจน�ทบเสียสติ ส่วนคนอ่าน�็จำติดใจไปสิบ�ว่าปี

จนถึงบัดนี้ ยังไม่เคยอ่านนิยายเรื่องไหนที่ ให้ความรู้สึ��รงๆ ได้เหมือน�บบนี้อี�เลย ทั้งที่นี่เป็น�ค่เรื่องสั้นเท่านั้นเอง

ภาษาของ อิงอร สวยมา�ๆ ค่ะ(less) "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love. "

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read in November, 2009

Alvia said: "aku butuh sekali...
help me please... "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "love. "

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megan said: "love. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this book. "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "loved this book. "

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read in November, 2009

Mum said: "super!!!! "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "loved this series "

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read in November, 2009

Ben said: "I have finished three chapters so far and I just started yesterday. It is a great book and really well written, most importantly it addresses an important criteria for leadership which is 'passion'.
I love the definition of passion given by the a...more I have finished three chapters so far and I just started yesterday. It is a great book and really well written, most importantly it addresses an important criteria for leadership which is 'passion'.
I love the definition of passion given by the authors:
'the voluntary will to engage completely; the inner energy, drive AND desire to deliver, to achieve, and to win'
All the management principles amd
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read in January, 2008

megan said: "loved this book "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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Cecily said: "I loved John Wyndham in my 20s, so it's about time I reread at least some of his works. "

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Hrijnbeek said: "Wow! This is a book that i couldn't lay down. This book has everything. It's about love, friendship, war, betrail, lies, onner, guild and relaese. It's tensive and emotional.
Just read it yourselve!

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate t...more Wow! This is a book that i couldn't lay down. This book has everything. It's about love, friendship, war, betrail, lies, onner, guild and relaese. It's tensive and emotional.
Just read it yourselve!

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting toumament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him? for he always helps Amir? but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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Trice said: "Murder mystery, cultural exploration, romance - I think I would compare Pamuk's writing to Umberto Eco in a lot of ways, in its historical depths and its complexity. One finds oneself walking in the midst of Turkish and Ottoman culture... "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2008

Peter said: "It's very seldom I say a book is bad but this is one of those times. I have read and enjoyed many other of Kings books and as a horror writer I think he's great and excellent at building suspense.

But I found this book and the series po...more It's very seldom I say a book is bad but this is one of those times. I have read and enjoyed many other of Kings books and as a horror writer I think he's great and excellent at building suspense.

But I found this book and the series poorly written with a plot that just didn't work for me. I like the genre and if someone had explained the plot and idea of the books before I read them I would have found it interesting but I couldn't stomach the book.

It didn't help that the foreword and back of the book seem to advertise King's books about writing and I have a vague memory that there was a bit in the book about writing by King which I found quite ironic as this was one of the worst books I had read in a while.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved this series. "

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Trice said: "This is the book that caught my attention since fencing is one of my (presently unfed) addictions and the author totally catches one of the temptations of fencing - obsession. After this one I started looking for anything I could find (in English, fo...more This is the book that caught my attention since fencing is one of my (presently unfed) addictions and the author totally catches one of the temptations of fencing - obsession. After this one I started looking for anything I could find (in English, for unfortunately non-Spanish speaking me) by this author.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "i love this series. "

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read in October, 2009

Bridget said: "Not bad, road trip by geeky computer nerd, he encounters all manner of people on his journey, makes some mates, gets ripped off and finds a nice girl who fancies him - eventually. Terrible no good very bad binding. This book fell to bits in my hand ...more Not bad, road trip by geeky computer nerd, he encounters all manner of people on his journey, makes some mates, gets ripped off and finds a nice girl who fancies him - eventually. Terrible no good very bad binding. This book fell to bits in my hand and I was the second reader. Horrendous.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "love this series. "

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read in May, 2009

Trice said: "My experience of reading Vonnegut (which, unfortunately, is only rather new - how did I not read him sooner?!!) might be called how to suddenly knock your brain out of its hum drum routine. He is not like any other author I've read and I love it! "

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read in November, 2009

Nicole said:

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"I just finished reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. In the book what should have been a harmless but fascinating light show when a meteor struck the moon turns into an earth-shattering event when said meteor strike results in the moon t...more I just finished reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. In the book what should have been a harmless but fascinating light show when a meteor struck the moon turns into an earth-shattering event when said meteor strike results in the moon tilting slightly and being pushed into an orbit far closer to the Earth than before. Overnight everything changes: the tides go crazy, thus obliterating the entire globe's coastal regions as the oceans consume cities and millions of people. Catestrophic storms sweep over the landscape. Earthquakes (particularly mentioned as happening in the state of Missouri) start shaking the ground and simply don't stop and then everything goes to hell when volcanoes--some known, some unkown, some dormant and deadly (like Yellowstone) begin errupting violently, the ash blocking out the sun. The book is the first of three and takes the form of the diary of a sixteen year-old-girl named Miranda Evans and as the story unfolds, she lives through food shortages, the collapse of government structures, death, illness, and uncertainty not to mention the difficulty of a non-nuclear "nuclear" winter.

It's a pretty fascinating book. The writing is solid, though at times it's pretty obvious that the perspective crafted into the words is not one of a sixteen-year-old-girl. Miranda is likeable, but she's too acerbic and too self-posessed to be a teenager. She's far too observant and we don't ever really get to know her, even in the entries that come before the "moon crash." I also have some questions about things not quite adding up. In particular immediately after the meteor strike, Miranda and her family buy up every bit of food and supplies they can get their hands on and as it's recounted in the book they get a sizeable amount of supplies yet they seem to dwindle very quickly, even more quickly than one would expect with the number of people in their household. There is also talk of money as currency, but there never seems to be any addressing of what happens when money runs out.

The sequel, The Dead and the Gone, is a book I haven't purchased yet but plan to. It turns to another character, Alex, in New York and follows his journey. The final book in the trilogy comes out in April, This World We Live In, and combines the two threads together back in Miranda's narrative. Aparently the ending is just fabulous, but shocking.

For the first time I'm not entirely certain I want to know the ending. Life As We Knew It ends on a promising note with the main characters surviving the winter and the flu outbreak (which is never wholly explained and I significantly doubt that life would collapse quite as quickly as depicted) and things on the cusp of returning to something close to normal: food deliveries to the town are starting, electricity is coming back, etc. I'm curious as to how they explain things improving since the ash cloud messed with weather so badly that food would be in crisis but I don't want a chilling ending. In my mind I've already painted out things should be and I have optimism that Miranda's first love would find her again, that things would start to rebuild. Like the program about what would happen if/when Yellowstone errupted, I like things to end with the idea that we could rebuild. I'm very wary of that being what Pfeffer has decided to do.(less) "

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read in November, 2009

Bridget said: "Great book. Creepy but not nasty. Hard to find this happy mix in teenage fiction I find. Set in the world between death and the "place you were on your way to" huge numbers of kids under the age of 17 roam the world, sinking down into the...more Great book. Creepy but not nasty. Hard to find this happy mix in teenage fiction I find. Set in the world between death and the "place you were on your way to" huge numbers of kids under the age of 17 roam the world, sinking down into the core of the earth unless they find a dead spot, a place where someone has died. There are goodies, baddies and some inbetween. Good read and the boys really like it too.(less) "

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Nursd003.319 said: "Holes is an exiting book with a good range of characters!I enjoyed it myself and in think many others did too.Stanley was acusted of stealing a pair of sneakers in which he didnt.I like the fact that Stanley starts off as a quiet boy, although he got...more Holes is an exiting book with a good range of characters!I enjoyed it myself and in think many others did too.Stanley was acusted of stealing a pair of sneakers in which he didnt.I like the fact that Stanley starts off as a quiet boy, although he got buillyed he soon makes lots of new friends.He is now A hard working boy who never ever gives up!He is a slightly chubby boy, also tall, He stands with his sholders high and head low and it has earned him a nickname "Caveman". His first hole he in sisted was the hardest, he wrote a letter to his parents saying that he is having a great time in the water and wish he could stey forever.(less) "

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read in November, 2009

Kathleen said: "Unlike her earlier novel, Possession, which I loved, I found myself in an adversarial position with the author as I read. There is just too much. Of everything. Too many characters, too much historical exposition, too much digression to indulge th...more Unlike her earlier novel, Possession, which I loved, I found myself in an adversarial position with the author as I read. There is just too much. Of everything. Too many characters, too much historical exposition, too much digression to indulge the author's habit of inserting story-stopping pieces of one character's writing inside the actual story. This historical fiction novel covers the years 1895 to 1919 in Europe and Germany. At first you follow the story of a young boy as he is rescued from starvation and discovered to be a talented young artist. But then that story is dropped, only to be picked up occasionally later on in the book. The author does this numerous times - a character comes to the fore, only to be dropped and casually mentioned later. I think that's what frustrated me most - there is not a clear, definable story arc for any one character. The book sort of limps to the finish, where we find who has survived to the end of the first World War. (less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved it, gandi was in it and was quite funny. "

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read in November, 2009

Con said: "What a brilliant little book!!! They use teddies in kama sutra positions!!! "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "great story i loved the first chapter. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good story, i loved it so much. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "one of my favorites from the doctor who novels. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "was a good book but not a favorite. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "adored it!!! "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved it!!!!! "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "i loved it. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "usually i hate westerns but his was a really good read. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good read. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved it. "

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read in November, 2009

Megan said: "typical shoujo manga plotline. aine is a virgin girl who writes adult lyrics. she meets a beautiful idol from a popular band when he nearly hits her with his car--and he finds her lyrics and uses them in his show. aine is shocked when the band wants ...more typical shoujo manga plotline. aine is a virgin girl who writes adult lyrics. she meets a beautiful idol from a popular band when he nearly hits her with his car--and he finds her lyrics and uses them in his show. aine is shocked when the band wants her to be their lyricist. and to make matters worse, sakuya wants to inspire her virgin imagination with his body. his body! what will the students at her high school think?

problems start to arise when the other fan girls get very jealous. because sakuya is a very popular idol, and aine is just a normal high school girl, they don't think aine is worthy of his attentions (i happen to agree with them on this point), the girls go to dramatic lengths to discourage aine from being around him. meanwhile, all of aine's lyrics are becoming hit singles. the songs are so popular that the publicist wants to make an erotic video for one of the songs...

sakuya is hot but very stereotypically alpha-male. i don't like aine at all and aside from the smut, there weren't many other redeeming qualities. nobody stood out as a character; everyone was so two-dimensional. by the end of the book, aine already is saying that she loves sakuya without much cause. mayu shinjo's one shot, love strip is just as smutty, but much, much cuter.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "a good read "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book... urm, cant compleatly remember it but i know i liked it. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "loved it! "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "i did like this book but not as much as the others "

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recommended for: people who likes conspiracy theory
read in August, 2007

Aggy said: "another boring book i guess, to much explanation yet less conflict. i need more dramas, not real history book that bored me on page 130s "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book. i loved it so much i read it more than once. "

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has a copy to sell/swap

Angela said: "This is a great book to discuss. It's helping my son William to learn English, as i say the words in Norwegian and English and have him repeat both. "

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read in January, 2007

megan said: "i remember not wanting to read this because martha was in it and not rose but i actually loved it. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "a little confusing at first but a good read. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "this was good and funny. allthough i still think that the twist at the end was not as good as some of the other novels "

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read in November, 2009

Christie said: "Omg I literally couldn't stop reading these books, I was reading them at school (under the desks)and first thing when I woke up and until midnight. And my friends are starting to think i'm being payed to advertise them or something because I can't st...more Omg I literally couldn't stop reading these books, I was reading them at school (under the desks)and first thing when I woke up and until midnight. And my friends are starting to think i'm being payed to advertise them or something because I can't stop telling people about them.
And now I have to wait until next year for the next one! Noooooooooooo!!
Just go and read them!!!
XXXXXXXXXXXX (less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book, my favorite out of the doctor who novels. "

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read in November, 2009

Maddyy said: "This is actually an excellent book, and the comparisons in it are really amazing. Of course some people might not really be in to science fiction, but it's not really an excuse not to read this book.
In ways, Wells represented us in a couple thou...more This is actually an excellent book, and the comparisons in it are really amazing. Of course some people might not really be in to science fiction, but it's not really an excuse not to read this book.
In ways, Wells represented us in a couple thousand years time, with the superior, the rich and famous and all, couldn't fend for themselves anymore, and instead played all day, being terrified of the dark and eating only fruit, in general very placid, docile and pretty moronic creatures. Then, Wells, represented the downtrodden, brutish, light-fearing working classes as the Morlocks.
It must be said that many people won't like the representations much, but you've got to admit , if you've read it, it was brilliant.(less) "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "this was the first doctor who book i read and even though i cried at the end i did love it. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "good book, i loved the plot and story line. "

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read in January, 2009

megan said: "this was the first torchwood book i rad and even though it was for older ages than the doctor who ones i still enjoyed it. "

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read in January, 2006

megan said: "i adored this book. "