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| Name : | Carrie M. |
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The author David Guterson portrays the emotions of the residents of the community.
The readers of the Kite Runner recieve an excellent picture of the country and its people including the social structure and culture.
Each major character in the book is portrayed realistically and the reader can alost hear them speak.
Excellent for book discussion groups. Readers of The Notebook can easily relate their lives to events in the book.
Many of the members felt it was a either a boring or difficult read. Perhaps, with more knowledge of Jane Austen novels the book would have been appreciated.
An excellent book for discussion because it is both a coming of age story for Reuben and a family saga including the role of religion in family lives.
Excellent book for discussion. Both the characters and the plot provide for lively discussion.
Our book group felt it was one the best books they read. The topics include in the novel provided for great discussion of the women role is society at the time of the book took place in China and today in other cultures.
The reader learns so much about life on a Black owned plantation and about slavery in general. the vast set of characters were difficult to follow, which is the major drawback to stimilating read.
An excellent book for discussion because every learned soemthing from the book, and even those who did not like the book could identify with the characters.
An excellent book--everyone in the group like the book.
Soem members flet it porvided a true perspective how two lives can become interdependent with the needed details. Others felt the book could have been much shorter.
The most of the members of the book group liked The Confessions on an Ugly Stepsister and the focus of our discussion was attributes of the characters in the book.
An excellent book that is hard to put down! The memoir flows and captures your interest from the start to the finish. The book discussion was lively!
Excellent book for discussion-- Afghan history and culture plus the the bonding of the two main women Marian and Laila.
An excellent book for discussion, there are many morale questions that the characters must face. Our book group found the characters believable and the book though not hapy book one that should be read by many readers.
A historical mystery with excellent character and plot development which allowed for a great discussion. Many of the members plan to read other books in the series.
One of the most insightful book discussions our book group has had. All who attended found the book an easy to read but with many point to ponder. Highly recommended for other book groups.
The members of the book group had mixed reviews of the book but all agreed the characters provided for great discussion and reminded them of people in their lives.
A good summer read, light but with plenty of charecter development. The interation of the characters was the focus of our discussion.
A fast paced historical fiction novel based on the actual murder that took place at 31 Bond Street in 1857. Detailed well-researched novel that draws you in and leaves you with the question--who committed the crime.su
An excellent read that grabs from the first page. All of members could not put the book down and felt empathy with the characters. Highly recommended.
The book group like the book except itwas agreed tighter editing would have been helpful.
The book group felt that was the best book we have read because of the dynamics between louis brooks and Cora(the chaperone). Plus the many topics covered including the orphan trains, homosexuality. etc. a well-written book and one that could not be put down.
An riveting read that non of the book club members could put down, One can perspective of the life of the midwife in the 1930\\\'s in rural West Virginia plus the joys and hardships the rest of the community lived through.
An excellent fictional account of life the scientific community of Los Alamos during World War II told from the first person plural point of view. The novel drew you into0 the lives of the wive of the scientists who worked there.
An additional, element to our won discussion was an author chat.
An inspiring story of a women who had ambition and courage during a time when women had not been expected to provide services such as book delivery on their own. An insightful and fast-paced novel
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