From the Bookshelf of EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club

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What Members Thought

Chelsea Oaks
Apr 03, 2016 rated it really liked it
Beautifully written of course. Disturbing as well. Not something I would ever read again, I think. But I am happy to have read it once.
Trisha
Jun 05, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Interesting book, but it seemed to stall out and became a very slow read. It is a disturbing look at a grown man's obsession with a 12 year old girl and is told from his perspective. It is written in a way that neither encourages nor criticizes his actions, it just bluntly describes his thoughts, feelings, and behavior in a very matter of fact way as he writes down the events. The novel is interesting, but it starts to stall out towards the end and just begins to drag and drag before reaching a ...more
Renee Cockram
Jan 19, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Very disturbing but a very powerful book
Natalie
Jul 13, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Madeleine
Jul 23, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shauna
Aug 17, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: books-i-own
Meade
Nov 30, 2008 rated it really liked it
Keyona
Jan 15, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: i-own-these
Reem
May 05, 2009 marked it as to-read
Kiri
May 13, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: z-read-1970-1999
Sara
Jun 28, 2010 rated it liked it
Stephanie
Mar 11, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: banned-books
Tom
May 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Gretchen Stone
Aug 27, 2011 is currently reading it
Reoh
Jan 29, 2012 rated it liked it
Kathie
Mar 30, 2012 rated it liked it
Joi
Jun 06, 2012 rated it really liked it
Laura
Jul 02, 2013 rated it it was ok
Wendy
Aug 28, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Cindy
Dec 17, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Jen
Aug 11, 2014 rated it did not like it
Shelves: crap, classics, abandoned
Melissa
Feb 26, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Lea
Apr 06, 2015 rated it really liked it
Kelly
Apr 29, 2015 added it
Shelves: the-novel-100
Tiffany
Sep 03, 2015 rated it really liked it
Kathy Jo
Jul 11, 2016 marked it as to-read
Erik Steiner
Oct 01, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Devin Murphy
Nov 23, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Kathi
Apr 04, 2019 marked it as to-read
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