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Sunflower
Aug 30, 2011 rated it really liked it
I loved this book. And I have never even surfed. I was considering writing this review as a surfing metaphor, but it got a bit strained along the way and is now safely deleted. Suffice to say that reading this book is like riding a wave which builds as you go through it, until the tumultuous end. Yes, it's a coming-of-age story, and no it isn't YA-the themes are too adult for that. It is an exploration of extremes, using surfing and rivalry as its tools. And it could be seen as a very long-winde ...more
Juliana Philippa
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Jun 04, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Aug 05, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Pam
Oct 12, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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