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| It was quite good. The plot was believable, I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened between Pat and Nikki, and the characters are a varied bunch. I had no problem with Pat blocking off painful memories in denial and his naivete in looking...more | |
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| I was moved. I warmed to Oskar and Thomas (Senior), although I was also sometimes outraged at how selfish Thomas was. I admired how courageous and strong Grandma was, always trying to make things work out with Thomas even though she was convinced it...more | |
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| An effective portrayal of four different Chinese women and their American daughters. Besides exploring mother-daughter relationships, the book was also about the four women's lives growing up in China. Each chapter is narrated by one of the eight wom...more | |
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| This is a bold story about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I felt the author handled the material well and the plot was great. Some of the characters were a bit "angelic", being thoroughly forgiving even after enduring such hardship, but there were...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This moved at a slow pace and required sort of a contemplative mood to be able to enjoy reading it. It's a beautiful idea - an old man leaving a long letter so that his son might be able to know him better even after his death. I did not always find...more | |
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| This would be a good holiday read. The book took me on a whirlwind Europe tour not only through scenic descriptions, but also with explorations into art, music and theatre. I also enjoyed watching the protagonist discover how to experience life more...more | |
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| I have absolutely no idea what makes for good or bad poetry. Enjoyment is my benchmark for rating poetry and I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| A contemporary Mrs. Dalloway, but more concise and revolving around characters much more related to each other in a way. I liked this for its explorations of friendship, family, love, life, art and the theatre. Although only taking place over a singl...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Heartbreaking. A well-written story about love and family torn apart by war in Greece. The characters were great to get to know, although the author doesn't elaborate much about the deeper inner conflicts going on in them. He describes what happens o...more | |
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
― John Boyne
― John Boyne
“The more spacious and larger our fundamental nature, the more bearable the pains in living.”
― Wayne Muller
― Wayne Muller
“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.”
― George Gordon Byron
― George Gordon Byron
“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon.”
― Edward Lear, The Owl And The Pussycat
They danced by the light of the moon.”
― Edward Lear, The Owl And The Pussycat
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