China under Communism was seriously depressing! ]]>
she does not write well, and needs a good editor desperately! Writing errors very distracting and off putting. ]]>
I have no idea why it is considered a classic. I dearly hope "the Raj" was not as ghastly as that. Painful to read, and odd. ]]>
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Carroll Straus
added a quote:
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." — Martin Luther King Jr.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." — Martin Luther King Jr.
bookshelves: to-read
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I liked Devoted so I read this one. Devoted was better but they are still good, and there is a lot of interesting history in these medieval thrillers! ]]>
by Winston Groom
No, I have to admit it was not terrific. Dark, a bit ugly...quite unlike the movie. ]]>
by Rebecca Goldstein
Yes, the story is very Jewish. The whole hyper-intellectual neurotic thing is, too,sigh... ]]>