What is the last book you read, and your rating?
- David Cooper
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Re: What is the last book you read, and your rating?
- Britty01
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- Latest Review: Apollo's Raven by Linnea Tanner
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- gali
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"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." (Mortimer J. Adler)
- alisonedgee
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- Latest Review: Lemoncella Cocktail by Rene Natan
gave it 1/4 official rating, but honestly a massive 0
- Samantha Lieberman
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- Chiara A
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- Fuzzy456
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- Latest Review: My Ladybird Story by Magus Tor
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Poignant, compelling story about a young man’s journey of self-acceptance and love. Heartbreaking and depressing at times, but a great read.
- Sara_R
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- OneHippieChick
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- Currently Reading: Melanie's Evanscent Journey
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- bello22
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- Currently Reading: We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies
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- Latest Review: The Watchmaker’s Doctor by G. M. T. Schuilling
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- butterflyinaweb
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- Currently Reading: Illustrated Short Fiction of William H. Coles: 2000-2016
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- Latest Review: Heaven and Earth by Arturo Riojas
I absolutely love Bridgett. Some of the ideas she gets about the conflicting messages within her environment as a whole had me laughing myself out of the chair. Especially when she thought God was in her father's slippers.
- Mely918
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- Redlegs
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For a start, it was just too long and I was ready to give up halfway, but pressed on regardless! I was rewarded for my persistence, because I actually enjoyed the final third of the novel better than most of what came before that.
For a time, it seemed as if I was reading a comic novel, like watching many modern comedy films, where the same joke was repeated over and over again.
In the latter part of the novel, which I enjoyed the most, the genuine humanity of Quixote and Panza was emphasized more by the author, and it became easier to develop genuine affection and goodwill towards our hapless heroes, while feeling increasing displeasure at those who mocked them and their honorable intentions for their own amusement.
I had been ready to really can this novel as being too long, too repetitious and just too ludicrous, but it grew on me somewhat and I'm glad I stuck with it to the very end. But I can understand that many who have attempted this 17th century classic might have given up well and truly before that.
I was torn between giving it 3 or 4 stars, and decided it was at least closer to 4.
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
- strawberrysab
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- Okafor Prosper
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