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Title: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth McGovern ISBN: 0-553-47772-2 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (141 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Love a good mystery? Read this book!
Comment: For my Advanced Contemporary Literature class we were asked to choose one novel to read for our last project. After a lot of searching and thinking, I came upon the book Alias Grace. The book caught my interest because it was based on an actual murder mystery in the mid 1800s.
Atwood manages to create a truly authentic victorian setting that envelops the reader. One feels as if they are witnessing everything first hand, rather than reading it out of the book.
The style of the writing contained in the book is very diverse. To break up the monotony of the dialogue, Atwood includes letters written by the various characters. Readers will also enjoy the poems and quotes that introduce each new section in the book. The issues brought up in Alias Grace are alcoholism, death, psychiatry and the role of women in our society.
I recommend this book to anyone wanting to read an exciting, suspense filled novel. Alias Grace even managed to hold the interest of one high school senior, who will graduate in less than two weeks. Alias Grace is a mysteriously clever written book, that leaves the reader in suspense up to the last page.
Rating: 4
Summary: Expertly written
Comment: You really have to give credit to the author for this book. The Canadian society of the nineteenth century is portrayed with detail, thanks to the research carried out by the talented Mrs. Atwood. This clever writer uses many techniques which contribute to the originality and the uniqueness of this novel, like shifting the point of view from Grace to Dr. Jordan, or allowing us to read the letters exchanged by the various characters of the book, which I really enjoyed. I also liked the idea of including the transcripts from Grace's confession and other accounts, which neatly frame the story into the real events.
Why not five stars, then? I am not sure, but I think that the murder story did not really grip me that much, and Grace was a slightly annoying character. I was much more interested in Dr. Jordan, his findings, doubts and fantasies.
Overall, a great book, wonderfully written and highly recommendable.
Rating: 5
Summary: mesmerizing
Comment: The account of Grace Marks life is a story so rich in layers of reality and imagination that one can not stop until the last page to find out the complete meaning of her ordeal. Is Grace Marks an ordinary person of dim wit, a saint, or an evil creature?
Margaret Atwood writing is so beautiful and rich in associations. The beauty of nature breaths from the book and makes one feel as if present right there in the story.
Since it took me no time finishing the book as captivating as it was, I am already worried I will finish reading all of Margaret's Atwood books in too short a time, and then be pining for more!
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Title: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385720955 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491026 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Robber Bride by MARGARET ATWOOD ISBN: 0385491034 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385503857 Publisher: Nan A. Talese Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Handmaid's Tale : A Novel by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 038549081X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 16 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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