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Listopia > Thoughtdome225's votes on the list Man Booker Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2014 (6 Books)
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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"Amazing prose, beautiful story, phenomenal imagery. A classic in the making. "
Thoughtdome225
rated it 5 stars
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The Lives of Others
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"A great insight into the politics of 1960s India. The only bad thing was the arsehole of a main character (god, what's wrong with me, i spelt "arsehole" in the American way. Don't worry, I have rectified it)"
Thoughtdome225
rated it 4 stars
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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"A quirky, actually quite original story of a girl and her ape sister. "
Thoughtdome225
rated it 4 stars
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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
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"Underrated, this is a great book with a interesting protagonist. Unfortunately it does get worse halfway through."
Thoughtdome225
rated it 3 stars
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"Starts of great, with some fantastic prose. However the unrelenting bleakness of the ending and the relative lack of a plot other than it's ideas leave me unsatisfied. "
Thoughtdome225
rated it 3 stars
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How to be Both
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"Maybe having food poisoning whilst reading this has soured my memory of it, but while it had some inventive ideas, NOTHING HAPPENS."
Thoughtdome225
rated it 3 stars
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