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Okay, I'm on page 70. When does this book start to get as good as everybody says?! Ahhh. I put it down a month ago because I couldn't get into it.

Badri I finished it and boy, am I glad I did it! Do yourself a favour and work through it! You will find why it is a masterpiece.

But to answer your question…moreI finished it and boy, am I glad I did it! Do yourself a favour and work through it! You will find why it is a masterpiece.

But to answer your question, and anyone else's, I'll quote from the book, what Vernon says to Cory:

"And maybe there wasn't a real plot to it, maybe there wasn't anything that grabbed you by the throat and tried to shake you until your bones rattled, but the book was about life. It was the flow and the voices, the little day-today things that make up the memory of living. It meandered like the river, and you never knew where you were going until you got there, but the journey was sweet and left you wishing for more. It was alive..."

This book ought to become a classic, perhaps will become a classic. (less)

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Did anyone else think this book could have been much shorter?

Judy I loved the book so it could have been even longer for me.

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Would this book be appropriate for a fairly mature 16 year old boy? How about a slightly less mature 14 year old boy?

Judy Definitely. I think it would be fine for a 12 year old.

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What the heck was this bomb conveniently landing on a Ku Klux Klansman's lap?

Clint Davis McCammon's laziest example of cosmic justice. That one moment really took me out of the entire story at such a key place.…moreMcCammon's laziest example of cosmic justice. That one moment really took me out of the entire story at such a key place.(less)

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