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Megan
Jul 24, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
So, yes, I cried, and yes, it happened in similar circumstances to the time when I cried reading Mary Doria Russell's debut novel, The Sparrow. The most happy scene in the book, where the protagonist is practically lit up with joy and peace and seems to be touching that sacred thread of home and belonging and is shot through with transcendent love radiating back from the universe, THAT, that's the scene that reduced me to tears.

The thing is this: Russell is great with the omniscient point of vie
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Juniper
i wish we could rate books on different criteria, and not just have it as one overall rating. anyway... this was my second audiobook. the negatives i feel over this book are all down to the narrator. i may get a bit rant-y. i know i am a audiobook newbie, and that listeners will have preferences for certain narrators. but, i developed some strong opinions on narration while listening to doc, even though my experience with audiobooks is very limited.

first, and very positively, russell's story is
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Susan
If you are looking for another version of the OK Corral this is not it. "Doc" is an interesting portrayal of the early days of Kansas and the life of John "Doc" Holliday. This was my first Mary Doria Russell read but it will not be my last. ...more
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