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Title: Journey by James A. Michener ISBN: 0-449-21847-3 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.21 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It is worth it.
Comment: I have read several James A. Michener books. For a book that is very short for Michener's usual fair, this is very good. Why? For this one, Michener sticks to one plot. No, you don't have his usual descriptive settings or his lengthy battle of some animal trying to survive. This book just tells the story. A very good story. The plot involves five men from Britain who go to Canada to get to the gold rush in 1897. There real mission is to get there by traveling only on British territory. No one has ever done that. As any one knows, traveling in Canada over mountains is not that easy. These five men will soon discover that the idea of adventure for the sake of honor may be a high price to pay. One of the reviews I saw for this book listed on Amazon, didn't like the idea of killing off some of the characters. One wrote that this book was depressing because of that. James A. Michener doesn't write anything without history backing him up. Killing off some of the characters proves how hard this journey really was. And, I am sure that some men did see this as an adventure not a suicidal journey. Some men just don't see the big picture. If you have never read a James A. Michener book, this could be a good one to start with. But, you have not read anything until you've read a Michener epic. Try Texas, Hawaii or Caribbean.
Rating: 2
Summary: High expectations fell short in the end
Comment: Although this was the first and only Michener novel I have read, I think it was a poor choice. My expectations going into reading were quite high, but by the end of this novel I was very disappointed. The story was decent, however the plot was very thin. I had alot of trouble relating to the characters. I could not figure out if Luton was just a snob, or a real caring person that was afraid to show his emotions. The deaths were very predictable, and to be quite frank the ending just sucked! What a let down, Luton just leaves the same day he gets to Dawson like he is supposed to be some kind of hero or something. Luton just made me angry the whole story especially the way he treated Fogerty, at the end I am very surprised he paid for his telegram. Definitely not the greatest book in the world.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Entertaining Read
Comment: I have read many of Michener's books and when he was alive he was a very famous and beloved author. He made his name writing the epic 1000 page regional story that could weave centuries of history to create a masterpiece about one region or group of people.
Here he breaks the mold and writes a short book just around 250 pages long and it is esentially one story, not the weave that we were accustomed to receiving from him. When I bought the book I was at first a little suprised that it did break the formula but having said that the book is not bad and I was held by the story. Quick light read and fairly entertaining. Three or four stars.
Solid job but not the epic.
Jack in Toronto
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Title: Mexico by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449221873 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Caravans by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449213803 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Covenant by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449214206 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Drifters by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449213536 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Legacy by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449216411 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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