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Very Boring!, Mai 18 2004
This has got to be the most boring book I've ever read, it's very drawn out. I considered many times to just walk away from it.
It may would have been more intersting if the story was told by Etna.From Honeymoon nearly straight to teeange daughter nothing in between.She elaborated where she shouldn't have and didn't where she should have......
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Begged to borrow it--then returned it unread--tiresome book, Fév 22 2004
The stilted language was unbearable. The pace was horrific. I am a big Shreve fan, but this was a disappointment. I read the first 50 or so pages, skimmed the end. On the bright side, I guess Shreve does a very convincing old man!
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So slow I never even finished, Fév 6 2004
I absolutely loved The Pilots Wife...couldn't put it down til I finished. This book I put down way before I finished it! It just counldn't capture my interest it was so slow and boring.
I won't give up on reading other books she has written since The Pilots Wife was so good, hopefully her others are just as good.
Just one little amazing fact...this great author lives just a few miles down the road from me and never heard of her until Oprah Winfrey featured her and The Pilots Wife.
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Just drug on and on...., Nov. 17 2003
This was so slow... I picked it up with great promise, but it just wasn't a good book. Sometimes i think Shreve gets so side tracked with creating a character and a mood that she forgets something needs to actually HAPPEN sometime in the first four chapters.
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Not a great book- don't bother, Aoû 1 2003
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First, let me say that I usually enjoy period pieces and try to keep in mind what customs and traditions were like at the time. After all, one reads to be entertained and/or educated, right? With that being said....The only reason I finished this book was to see if the story could redeem itself in some way. I found the main character, Nicholas, to be very self-centered (I guess that is were the title of the book comes from). I felt some sympathy for his wife, Etna, since it seemed she tried to be a feminist during a period of time when women were not considered equals. (Example: it was ok for him to have lovers before they were married, even prostitutes, but NOT ok for her to have a lover(s) before him.) This was the first book I have read from Anita Shreve....I hope her other books are not like this one. I might (and that is a big might) try one of her other books just to see. Can someone recommend one or should I just give up on Anita Shreve?
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shreve's least successful,novel, Juil 17 2003
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This was a trite novel of no substance with a flimsy plot and dreary writing. There was nothing of interest in the first 3/4 of the book, and a mildly interesting fourth 1/4. If Anita Shreve had not written this novel, no intelligent reviewer would have praised it. I found it a waste of time and obviously a waste of money.
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Couldn't get through it, Jui 5 2003
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I'm a big fan of Anita Shreve. In fact, I usually clear a few nights on my calendar when she releases a new book, because I know I won't be able to put it down.
Imagine my surprise when the opposite happened this time. I've forced myself through 100 pages, but each one has been a struggle. I dread picking it up. I figured it had to get interesting at some point, but it doesn't.
The story progresses at a snail's pace, but I think the lack of character development is the true shortcoming of the book. The reader really only gets to know Nicholas, whose stilted narration leaves him neither likable nor sympathetic. Is anyone surprised when Etna says she can never love him? Unfortunately, since everything is so focused on him, we can't even get close to another character. As a result, the story feels like it has no focus or direction.
Shreve usually does a wonderful job weaving a tale, keeping a trick up her sleeve until the very end, and shocking her readers with a twist they never saw coming. Somewhere, there must be something interesting in this book, but I haven't been able to find a trace of it amid all Nicholas's blathering.
Bottom line: after 100 pages, I expect to be at least remotely interested in the story, but there's just nothing there. Truly disappointing.
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CDN$ 16.99 CDN$ 12.40
Habituellement expédié sous 3 à 5 semaines
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