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Oh my STARS!!!!!!!! I am finally done -- thank GOD. This is the longest book in the history of mankind. It was good, but not good enough to read every single word. No one REALLY cares about EVERY SINGLE thought and EVERY SINGLE memory of EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. OH MY GOD. I honestly skimmed the last 30 pages; I couldn't take it anymore. I AM SO GLAD IT IS OVER.
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Bridge of Sighs is the latest installment in Richard Russo's unofficial small-town series. The story's geographic base is the once industrial, now carcinogenic town of Thomaston, New York. The novel follows multiple narrative strands -jumping from past to present and from one narrator's perspective to another's- as Russo slowly and masterfully reveals the life stories of Thomaston's current and former residents. The characters follow different life paths, but all are consumed by questions of ide
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Mar 30, 2008
Kit
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Ack, this is due back at the library this week and I still have about 400 pp to go....
Renewed it. Twice. Still couldn't quite get involved enough to finish it.
This is a well-written book. And I generally love looooonnnng novels. I just never got absorbed here. ...more
Renewed it. Twice. Still couldn't quite get involved enough to finish it.
This is a well-written book. And I generally love looooonnnng novels. I just never got absorbed here. ...more
A very well written story of childhood friends in a small town and the ebbs and flows of friendship over 60 years. My first Richard Russo, but far from my last. I'll even read this one again.
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This is a saga and another Russo I will have to return to over many months.
Finished on audio and truely loved the characters and the saga.
Finished on audio and truely loved the characters and the saga.
Mar 18, 2008
Laura
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really liked it
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Another great epic book by Richard Russo, describing the life of 3 typical american families and how their lives entwined in each other.
This book received great reviews. I honestly gave it a shot, but just couldn't even feign interest. Guess I'm out of step.
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Bought it for the Constant Reader discussion.
Mar 05, 2008
Kate
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Sep 01, 2008
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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Jan 23, 2009
Monica
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Apr 16, 2009
Dulcie Pavuluri
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