Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Poison by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 0-380-72741-2 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This was a good read...but..
Comment: I fell in love with this book, with the darkness, with the hopeless love...*spoilers* I felt her love of Alvaro - I felt her need to have him..it felt real to me..but I did not enjoy what happened to her child and her journey to find a miracle - it was very depressing and her description of that time was unbearable -but I think this fact alone proves that Kathryn Harrison is a great author, she had the talent to destroy me with one sentence...even when describing the queens sickness - i too felt ill - I had to put the book down..!! I did wish however, that she would gain some type of vengeance against her sister, or at least the queen would be blessed with the knowledge that her killer did not go unpunished. there was NO happiness in this book, even the happy thoughts were clouded with the despair up ahead. I loved this book because it stayed with me even after I put it down. I still to this day remember how she described her love for her child.
phew..it is exhausting to think about.
Rating: 1
Summary: Beautiful writing but what's the point
Comment: I loved the setting and the writing, but overall there was nothing exciting about this book. There were no surprises (the entire story is a flashback), at times it was just really gross (as other reviewers have mentioned), and the link between the silk maker's daughter and the queen was tenuous at best. Most of the story just read like a history, I felt no connection with the characters. I love tragedies but I don't think there was a single happy moment in the entire story.
So if you like beautiful prose and being depressed and grossed out I would suggest this book to you wholeheartedly. On the other hand, if you're looking for any kind of plot, action or meaning look elsewhere.
Rating: 2
Summary: Sorry
Comment: I'm sorry but I didn't find this book that compelling. The prose is clearly beautifully written, but I had to force myself to finish it. I loved the stuff about silkworms and the early stuff about the queen, but after that I found it hard to take any interest in the characters.
 |
Title: The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 0380731479 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
 |
Title: The Seal Wife : A Novel by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 081296845X Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
 |
Title: Seeking Rapture : Scenes from a Woman's Life by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 037550558X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
 |
Title: Thicker Than Water by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 0380731568 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
 |
Title: The Binding Chair : or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society by Kathryn Harrison ISBN: 0060934425 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
