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A Reader posted a review at 2009-01-11 01:21:13 for Parable of the Sower.
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Sadly, I did not love this book, though I wanted to.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-29 09:26:32 for My Sister's Keeper.
(Language: English)
I guess I know now what type of book all those Lifetime movies are based on... this is it--infused with cloying pathos and practically bludgeoning you on the head with all the dramatic choices. The ending was, if possible, even more of a letdown.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-29 09:23:36 for The Enchantress of Florence.
(Language: English)
I was somehow disappointed with this...while stylistically brilliant, structurally it lost me in places, and especially at the end.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-26 10:08:40 for Bibliografia generala (Purgatoriu).
(Language: English)
One of the funniest and most exciting things I read--stylistically speaking. Brilliant!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-26 10:06:26 for Levantul.
(Language: English)
One of my top-ten books of all time. A fantastic effort the likes of which you're not likely to see more than once in your lifetime, a quintessential postmodern masterpiece of unparalleled linguistic prowess. I'm praying that one day a translation will be possible.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-25 03:52:48 for Tomorrow's Eve.
(Language: English)
Not particularly well written, but striking and made a deep impression on me when I read it as a teenager.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 06:26:06 for Reinventing Depression: A History of the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care, 1940-2004.
(Language: English)
Excellent, systematic, clear account of the treatment of depression in the period studied. One of the best books on the market on this topic.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:54:31 for Henry Von Ofterdingen: A Novel.
(Language: English)
I'm a sucker for all German romantics, and Novalis is one of the best.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:51:40 for The Good Soldier Svejk: And His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Classics).
(Language: English)
One of the gems of world literature. You won't understand WWI without it; you'll also have considerably fewer laughs in your life without it.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:49:06 for The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (Penguin Classics).
(Language: English)
One of the most underrated masterpieces of all times, one of the top-ten books of all times (in my particular rating system).
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:47:52 for Tales of Hoffmann (Classics).
(Language: English)
Hoffmann is my artistic idol.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:41:22 for Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution.
(Language: English)
Excellent historical account, beautifully written.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:40:16 for Borges: Collected Fictions.
(Language: English)
One of my favorites, ever, always.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:39:21 for The Satyricon.
(Language: English)
I will forever regret that only parts of this book survived the ages.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:37:44 for The God of Small Things.
(Language: English)
I didn't want it do end. Mellifluous, elegant, heartfelt, intense.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:35:52 for Kafka on the Shore (Vintage International).
(Language: English)
I couldn't put this book down until I finished it. I fell in love with Murakami's style--which breezes along until it produces linguistic gems that take your breath away.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-24 05:34:12 for The Life Before Us (Madame Rosa).
(Language: English)
An amazing book by an author who had an even more amazing life (hard to believe). Absolutely captivating and heartbreaking.
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