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Nothing is certain

Revisado: 11-07-21

This interesting ghost story tells the tale of a governess dealing with strange happenings

Is it in her head? Is it real? Who's to say

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Middle ages tale of a woman healer & her dog

Revisado: 06-04-20

I really loved this book especially because it immerses you in the struggles that a woman healer would have living in Europe at that time, especially with all of the witch hysteria. Really brings to life the smells, sights, lifeways and people of the towns, villages and lands controlled by feudal lords before countries like Germany were unified. I don't want to give any spoilers but you can see some problems that people still struggle with today in this book which makes the story relevant now. The main character's big dog companion is a wonderful touch. The story moves along quickly and I didn't want it to end. I wish there was a sequel.

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how do you get the PDFs on your phone?

Revisado: 02-15-18

Tina Fey is awesome and it was great to hear some of the behind the scenes stuff from SNL and 30 Rock Etc but could not find the files with the PDFs on my Android phone and couldn't even find with a Google search how to look them up. Anybody got any ideas?

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good if you are into supernatural excitement BUT..

Revisado: 02-17-11

I gave this a 2 1/2 because I was curious enough to read to the end. HOWEVER, the dialogue in this book is so disconcerting that it ruined the book. I kept trying to picture people actually mouthing phrases such as"You look so delectable in those jeans" cop to his young wife, or "After dinner come upstairs and I'll shift YOUR gears," young wife to her cop husband. Do people in their 30s talk this way in 2010? The dialogue of the children was even more challenging. An 11 yr girl who constantly says things like "Sometimes dear child you are quite inscrutable," to her 8yr sister. She also uses words like perspicacious and intrepidity, yet she dreams up magical lands. Along with dialogue suited more to Beaver Cleaver's mother, the girl kept saying phrases like " You don't know beans about.." I searched Koontz online to find his age. I hadn't heard "don't know beans" out of a kids mouth since a show from 1960. As Koontz was born in 1945, this explained the obsolete dialogue but did not excuse it or change how annoying and disruptive it was to hear. The only way these colloquial phrases would have been acceptable is before1960! The children's behaviors are completely unbelievable! A 13yr old boy who wants to be a marine knows details all about WWII but never thinks about any later US wars including the present. Does anyone know a 13yr old boy like that? The girls have a grape drop into a mirror that ripples like water, and see a ghost. The boy fights with a violent entity-yet the traumatized kids never mention any of it to loving parents. Also there are many stereotypical shallow ideas and characters- girls cant do math, boys can, and the whole book's attitude toward females and violent sado-sexual and incest details even have an unsettling vibe as if they were written in just to titillate the reader rather than to be shocking and abhorrent or move the story along in any way. Kind of a trashy book- idea could have been good with better writing

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adventure,charming atmosphere, worthy characters

Revisado: 03-02-10

The author of the Artemis Fowl series brings this story of an island kingdom from the last century alive with excitement. The requisite princess and hero start as babes and suffer through love, murder, greed, power hungry attacks,a prison like the Chateau D'If, and the imagination to want to fly. There are great characters who support the story throughout.

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