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Title: The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber ISBN: 0-15-602877-8 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (307 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Being There!
Comment: I loved this book! I like the way Michel Faber used the "second person". It makes you feel like you are there! He has a lot of interesting characters in this book from all walks of life. The two most talked about are William the son that took over the perfume business and Sugar the prostitute that he becomes involved with. There are many many more that are just as interesting. This book made me laugh and empathetic to the characters. Its a long read but I had a hard time putting it down so not so bad:-)
You may want to keep a dictionary handy for some of the words that are used but dont let that discourage you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Grab a seat and enjoy the ride!
Comment: This is my first review of a book on Amazon and I am relieved to be reviewing a book of this caliber for a start. This is a great story! The author, Mike Faber, asks for your permission to take you on a tour, the price of the ticket is to continue reading. There are many that may stand aghast at the sordidness within his descriptions, but if you read this and get sucked in right from the start, you'll be going on a trip throwing you in a place long gone...much like JRR Tolkien, Dickens and other great writers can only do. Faber's gift is shared and I'm very happy to have come across this. His juxtaposition of Victorian England's finest and dirtiest really makes you wonder which is worse. You can taste the smell of the streets in London, the ale houses, the malodorous scents of the people mixed with perfumes, flowers and sweat. The illustrations that are conjured in the mind are unequaled. I hope you enjoy the story!!
Rating: 1
Summary: I'm mad that I bought this
Comment: Why oh why didn't I read down further and explore more of the reviews of this book? The main characters are entirely unsympathetic and their actions make no sense. I found myself hoping that terrible things would befall all of them. The sex scenes were ridculously juvenile and not at all erotic. I would give my copy to a local thrift store, but I feel guilty about inflicting this on some other hapless individual. Perhaps the recycling bin.
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Title: Middlesex : A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides ISBN: 0312422156 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Life of Pi by Yann Martel ISBN: 0156027321 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Three Junes by Julia Glass, Julia Glass ISBN: 0385721420 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0142001740 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan ISBN: 038572179X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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