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Wonderful book, Juil 17 2004
Sometimes you'll read a book and it will stay with you for a long time. Other times, you read'll a book and it will give you one passage, or one scene, that keeps coming back into your mind. This book has done both for me. It will not only stick with me, but has left me with a great memory of a woman and her sons, on a day when she discovers what the miracle of her life is. It was moving beyond words. Now, for the bad...the ending did not disappoint me to the degree it did some of the other reviewers. I think maybe because someone gave it away in their review and so I was anticipating it all along (shame on you!!!!). However, it was a disjointed ending that didn't fit with the flow of the rest of the story. No matter. I enjoyed the read and have left it feeling satisfied. Isn't that what we readers desire most?
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Five Stars But For The Ending, Aoû 3 2008
I won't give a synopsis of the book as that has already been done. I loved this book. The writing was lyrical and I even cried in a few spots. The problem was the ending. My reaction was "What?". How did we go from this beautiful book to this? I would still recommend the book and am glad I read it.
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Fine historical novel, Juil 7 2004
Brooks has done her homework in creating a meticulously detailed setting for her story. This is not just another tale of the horrors of the plague. It is a tale that instructs us, as it entertains, about what rural village life in the 1660's was like, about the potential for courage inherent in every human being, and about how to live honorably in the face of death. Brooks's main characters are full of the spirit and contradictions that draw us into a good story, yet it's her skill in creating a whole cast of wonderful supporting characters that has won my admiration. I won't argue with those who criticize the ending; while it may not measure up to the rest of the novel, I didn't find it as feeble as some other critics here. To my way of thinking, the abrupt change of locale serves as a contrast that jolts us out of our smug beliefs in the superiority of western culture. But that really isn't what this book is about and what we are really quibbling over is a 7-1/2 page epilogue. Read the novel.
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Great historical fiction, Jui 1 2004
This books paints a brilliant picture of the life of the main character,Anna. Geraldine Brooks is a beautiful writer and brings the reader into a plague ridden village in England in the 1600's. Interesting characters and side stories that weave the novel together. Also, I recommend The Dress Lodger.
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Beautiful but rushed, Mai 22 2004
Geraldine Brooks starts this novel off with care, she takes effort to develop the characters into complex people. It is a rich and intimate novel, one that makes you feel personally connected to the main character. However, while Brooks spends most of the novel nursing her characters along, the ending seems rushed, as though Brooks decided she needed to finish and did so without the care she took with the beginning. The pace speeds up unnaturally. Still, it is worth reading.
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Sucks you in and then spits you out, Fév 28 2004
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I got glued to this book. It's a pleasure to read and there isn't a lot of silly, unecessary language. Brooks' style has a great clarity to it. I did like the book, for the most part. But the ending was so strange and didn't follow logically or believably from the rest of the story. Also, it got redundant at times, like ok this person dies and now this one dies and now this one... going to die....Oh, and there are also a lot of typos, which annoys me. Despite all that, though, I recommend it. It is quite captivating.
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Year of Wonders, Fév 11 2004
Year of Wonders is a touching and sad book about a small village in England that becomes infected with the Black Plague. In the course of one year, two-thirds of the village's population was wiped out. The author, Geraldine Brooks, based this book on a true story about a village she had visited called Eyam in Derbyshire, England. Eyam had really undergone this devastation and Brooks portrays the story very well basing the characters on actual people who lived in the town.
In the story, the priest in the village decides it would be best if the village quarantines themselves, not allowing anyone in or anyone out. In the village's attempt to save the outside world from being infected with the plague, they all sacrificed their own lives and few were spared after this scourge ended. Some of the book is very upsetting and down-right gross, but it's all a part of what this book is about. If you think you'll be able to get through the book, you won't regret it. The ending takes a surprising twist, which I'm not sure was the best choice, but it doesn't matter too much to me because I loved everything else. Year of Wonders truly is a wonder in itself and definately worth reading.
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Good story with an unbalanced ending, Fév 10 2004
I enjoyed this book -- I am a big fan of historical fiction, and found this story to be carefully researched and historically accurate. However, I was not surprised to read, after I finished the book, that the author Ms. Brooks was a Washington Post correspondent in the Middle East. The ending almost seemed like a way for Brooks to somehow include her knowledge of Islam in a novel about 17th century England -- it was a bit disenchanting, and subtracted from the believability of the novel. However, the rest of the novel was enthralling - I would still highly recommend the book to other readers.
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"Year of Wonders" A Historical Fiction novel worth the read, Fév 10 2004
In a time of death, despair and pain amidst the height of the Black Plague, Geraldine Brooks' use of imaginative and descriptive language provides insight into a period of history that is truly fascinating. Year Of Wonders, a novel about a small mountain village north of London which is stricken with the plague due to a bolt of infected cloth, is captivating and poignant. More than merely a story of devastation, Year Of Wonders is a glimpse into 1666, enabling readers to emerse themselves into this intriguing novel. Brooks elicts the emotions of all her readers by using beautiful language and having a great deal of knowledge about the seventeenth century.
As a person who enjoys reading historical fiction, I was impressed by Geraldine Brooks. She truly is a great storyteller. I recommend that any person who is interested in history pick up this book. With impressive period detail, Brooks has created an elegant work of fiction based on a true story about the lives of those in Eyam, Derbyshire. This work of fiction is worth the read.
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A story on how time heals all wounds!, Fév 10 2004
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Year of Wonders was actually a good book. It talks about how people grow closer together and farther apart. It teaches people how hard it is to cope with being alone and scared. It also shows how to deal with these hardships. It tells about how old comforts that one has can easily be turned into something someone dreads. This is a really good book, and has an ending that to most would consider to be predictable but has many different twists that make you question what the ending is really going to be like. It is a book that is spiritually enlightening when you learn of the commitment that some of the characters have to God and their religion. This is the type of book that you would curl up with on the couch in your pajamas on a rainy day, sip on hot chocolate, and manage to not put this book down for hours.
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