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Valerie
Aug 05, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-09
I really wish that we could give half-stars on this site. This one would get 3-1/2 stars from me. I really liked the concept and really liked this book as a whole, but there were a some big turnoffs for me. I really got sick of reading about how cool Henry and Clare were because they listened to punk, and also because they liked ethnic food. Oh, and also Clare being an artist. Their supposed faults (Clare can't cook, Henry used to treat girlfriends badly—but of course he's totally devoted to Cla ...more
G-phy
Sep 16, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites, 2016
It took me about half the book to get into it, but then I was caught up. I want to congratulate this book for joining Richard Russo's 'Empire Falls' in the Books That Make Me Sob Uncontrollably On Airplanes category.

Sorry to be gross, seatmates.
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Juliezs
Apr 15, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2007
One of the best books I've ever read. I couldn't believe how great this story was. Completely captivating and so real and true. A bookfriend to come back to again and again. ...more
Kate
Dec 07, 2007 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Read 180 pages and gave up because I still didn't care about the characters. An interesting premise, but not enough thought put into character development. ...more
Rosemary
Meh. did not finish.
Amanda
Nov 13, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Grace
Nov 13, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jocelyn
Dec 21, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Maya
Jan 27, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Katie
Feb 01, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
Mar 23, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Lucinda
Mar 24, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Emily
Nov 03, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
Jan 27, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Melissa
Jul 27, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kate
Aug 30, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Carrie
Sep 16, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Booktart
Mar 17, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Erin
Jun 20, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Maria
Jun 29, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sherrah
Aug 20, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2009
Sarah Fletcher
Jan 12, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Tara
Jan 29, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Marci
Feb 23, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: literary-fiction
Kristen
Apr 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
Sharon
Aug 19, 2015 marked it as to-read