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This was the book club book for September, and if I hadn't been hosting this month, I can't say I would have trudged through all 100 (short) chapters. I know, I know -- this is one of those amazing books that I'm supposed to love. I'm good at breaking the mold, though.
It took me a long time to get into this book. Maybe that's because each chapter for the first hundred pages was a little vignette about an entirely new topic. Or maybe it was the pretentious way the author explains how wonderful th ...more
It took me a long time to get into this book. Maybe that's because each chapter for the first hundred pages was a little vignette about an entirely new topic. Or maybe it was the pretentious way the author explains how wonderful th ...more
I had very low expectations for this novel, probably because when I asked anyone who recommended it to me what it was about, they would say, "well, it's about the boy and a tiger in a lifeboat, and well, it's sort of hard to explain. but it's good - really." Now I have to say, to my chagrin after owning the book and not picking it up for more than a year, they were about spot on with the description. I think my favorite parts, besides the quick pace of the adventure once the ocean becomes a majo
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I "liked" this book. I didn't LOVE it. The amount of detail on how he survived was amazing. Knowing that he was going to end up a castaway made the first section of the book drag. Maybe if it had started on the boat and been told in flashbacks that might have changed my opinion. Overall a good book that was well written.
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I thought this was a throughly thought provoking book. I love the depth of the metaphors prevented and the alpha/omega struggle. It's not often a fictional story can make me wish I could meet the character so I can ask my own questions. I gave it only 4 stars because it took me a bit to get into the story, but once I got there I had no problem staying on track.
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HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE BOOK!
I liked the beginning and the end, but the middle... all the boring, never-ending miserable chapters in the middle... *sigh*
I liked the beginning and the end, but the middle... all the boring, never-ending miserable chapters in the middle... *sigh*
I actually listened to the audio of this during a long trip to and from Lubbock. I enjoyed it very much and thoroughly loved the ending.
I had a difficult time sticking with it in the beginning, but oh so glad that I did! Definitely a book to think about once you are finished.
Re-read: aug 2012
Originally read: 2010
May 02, 2008
Meg
marked it as to-read
Nov 04, 2009
Katey
marked it as to-read
