The World Below: Amazon.ca: Sue Miller: Books

Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.

Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt

Tag this product

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Customer Reviews

36 Reviews

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(1)

Average Customer Review

3.6 out of 5 stars (36 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most helpful customer reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The power of free will, May 14 2004

By

Patricia Kramer (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

This review is from: The World Below (Paperback)

To me the main theme of this book is the amazing powerful drive for free will in relationships. The grace is the gift of the acknowledgement of independence or free will through a private bank account or a statement that "you were right, I was mistaken".

This is a book about the delicate balance of loving and caring and meeting the needs of others while holding onto the core of freedom. It is about honoring family history and learning from it. It is well worth reading, I enjoyed it.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse

1.0 out of 5 stars Utterly disappointing, Sep 25 2003

By

Aylin (Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World Below (Paperback)

It was obviously a mistake to read The World Below right after Miller's big hit While I Was Gone. I cannot percieve how the very same writer could possibly have produced these two works. There's a WORLD of difference between them. While I Was Gone was vivid, dynamic, absorbing, worth reading and remembering. The World Below is downright mediocre. Dull. Deadly slow. Not wanting to leave it unfinished out of my respect for Miller's earlier works, I forced myself almost unsuccessfully to skim-read it. I just couldn't wait to start a new book!

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Great, Not Bad, Mar 10 2004

By

Jill S. Jones (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

This review is from: The World Below (Paperback)

My first impression after reading this book was like many other reviewers: fair, not great. It seems I spent most of the book searching for the real story and I'm not convinced it ever came along. I enjoy multi-generational storytelling, but this approach seemed disjointed here and I was often confused as to which mother or daughter or timeframe she was describing. None of the characters were very engaging and mostly they all seemed distant from me as a reader. At the end, I wasn't sure what the main character Cath had resolved or what she wanted or what she was hoping to find in her journey to her grandparents' home and back. Essentially she was on some sort of journey but she never got there in any sense, and it seemed like nothing ever really happened overall.

Sue Miller has some excellent books and I would definitely recommend "While I Was Gone". Though I wouldn't dissuade anyone from reading "The World Below" since it had one mildly interesting story, that of Cath's grandmother Georgia, I certainly wouldn't be able to recommend the book overall.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Report abuse

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 36 customer reviews on Amazon.ca

Want to see more reviews on this item?

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 50 reviews 3.6 out of 5 stars

Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully surprising!
I was surprised at how much I loved this book. As I was reading it I was so involved with the characters I didn't even think to critique what I was reading. Read more

Published on Jun 19 2003 by Kat

4.0 out of 5 stars Never disappointing
Sue Miller writes about people we know. She writes about simple things we do like going to the grocery store, getting divorced, opening trunks in the attic and finding treasures... Read more

Published on April 14 2003 by Karen H. Goodwin

2.0 out of 5 stars Flawed and dull
I've read all of Ms. Miller's books, but this one never really caught or held my attention. I guess I wasn't that interested in the Grandmother's story... Read more

Published on April 10 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars The World Below
This book was a disappointment for me. The idea of the grandmother's diary was good. In fact the whole book would have been better to focus the story on just the grandmother. Read more

Published on Mar 10 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional and introspective. . .
This was the first book I read by Sue Miller. I thought the story started out slow and I wasn't sure where the story was going. Read more

Published on Jan 11 2003 by Christine Boyd

4.0 out of 5 stars A time for reflection
Catherine Hubbard, a twice-divorced middle-aged school teacher and mother of three grown children, decides to take a sabbatical leave from her job and spend autumn at her... Read more

Published on Dec 7 2002 by S. Calhoun

5.0 out of 5 stars What a knack for dealing with ordinary life
What always amazes me is Sue Miller's knack of relaying another's story and making all sound so familiar. Read more

Published on Nov 18 2002 by atmj

5.0 out of 5 stars Sue Miller Never Fails Me
If you're looking for an author to love, a consistent choice for your reading list, and characters that stay with you, pick up any Sue Miller book. This one didn't fail me. Read more

Published on Oct 17 2002 by Thea M. Ryan

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUITFUL READ AND WILL STAY WITH YOU AFTER YOU END IT!
This was a lovely story ~ weaves several mother/daughter relationships. Takes you across the country (CA to VT) and embraces your heart with characters so real to the touch. Read more

Published on Sep 26 2002 by mamareadssomuch

5.0 out of 5 stars Sue Miller is an Amazing Writer...
... she really is.

She captures everything from that sense you have as a kid that your grandparents' house has always been there and always will be, with them on the doorstep... Read more

Published on Sep 16 2002

› See all 36 customer reviews on Amazon.ca

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Domestic Life

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

The World Below [Paperback]

Formats

Product Details

Tag this product

Customer Reviews

Listmania!

Look for similar items by category

Feedback