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Title: The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters: A Novel by Elisabeth Robinson ISBN: 0-316-73502-7 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 07 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.84 (56 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun, interesting read with a moving plot
Comment: What made this such a wonderful story? The very complex plot. The angle is also intriguing: Olivia who is as self centered as everyone says and suddenly has to put herself aside and deal with her sister's luekemia. I enjoyed reading this for the strides Olivia has to take to try to please everyone. She had a quick-witted sense of humor and cynicism.
I thought the most humorous part was the scene in the department store changing room-you'll just have to read it!
Good if you are looking for a quick, humorous, emotional, and intriguing read.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Stir of the Spirit
Comment: On the same playing field as Good Grief, My Fractured Life, and Postcards From the Edge. It is a brilliant and powerful book that will stir your emotions.
Rating: 2
Summary: A disappointment
Comment: To a large extent this book was a disappointment. While there are some good descriptions, some good phrasing, and a few spots where one feels for the characters, who are so at a loss and pained during a time of crisis-- there are more spots where the phrasing is stilted and even a little stupidly silly (such as when dancers are referred to as jumping around like they have to go to the bathroom). One overall problem with the book has to do with the conviction held by the author/protagonist-- that no job and no life can be as coveted and fabulous and fascinating as that of a life and a job in Hollywood. With this conviction is the continously expressed belief that people who are in pain want to hear about movie stars and movie sets to cheer them up; that one's worth is measured by their proximity to stardom. As other reviews had mentioned, there's something overall self-serving and manipulating in the writing, and this did at times eat away at what could have been a compassionate and heart-rending story. It is overall not a badly told story, certainly a sad story, and one that I wish-- and I feel a little bad saying this-- had been told by someone, anyone, other than Olivia Hunt. Why was it so hard to sympathize with this creature? I also found that the letter-by-letter format took away rather than added to the flow of the story, and that by omitting the voices of others-- which would most likely have provided more sympathy, compassion, maturity, wisdom, and insight-- the true experience of the story was watered down .
I do agree with other assessments that if Little,Brown had not put such a marketing push behind the book, it would not have seen many sales. It makes me wonder about publishing's slowly inching back to more simpleminded styles of writing.
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Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by ANNE TYLER ISBN: 1400042070 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Time Traveler's Wife (Today Show Book Club #15) by Audrey Niffenegger ISBN: 1931561648 Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Pub. Date: 17 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Little Children : A Novel by Tom Perrotta ISBN: 0312315716 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Girls in Trouble : A Novel by Caroline Leavitt ISBN: 0312271220 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 19 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Good Grief : A Novel by Lolly Winston ISBN: 0446533041 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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