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Important novel for men to read

Revisado: 02-09-25

In her novel July explicitly yet delicately captures the feelings that complicate a woman’s passing through middle age. Women seem to love this book. Men should read it as well, for there is much to learn.
While I found the reading excellent, I think the author’s youthful voice was not a perfect fit for the older title character

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Limited Miniseries potential

Revisado: 01-02-25

A story so compelling, it’s hard to put the book down, even though at times I would have liked to. The story weaves in multiple relevant current social issues, but in the end, it’s the love story that holds it together.

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Dark as pitch

Revisado: 11-12-24

Hard for me to understand the purpose of this novel. There is enough plot development to maintain the reader’s interest to the end, but the characters are shallow, the theme is disjointed, and the research flawed. Many reviewers have commented on the amateurish audio editing, which I also found distracting, but not a deal breaker.

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Lusciously descriptive of human frailty

Revisado: 10-19-24

No one can describe the human condition as well as Sally Rooney. Every sentence has been constructed to add value. Description of the settings will leave little to the imagination of a future screen writer. It’s all there, color, texture, temperature, even street venues. The emotion, the ambivalence, the guilt, the intellect . . .this novel could be the text in a Psych 301 college class: The Emotion of Human Psychology. Her novel has so much to unpack, that it would be uncivilized to listen at any playback speed faster than normal. (1.0)

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A cheer for Da Bronx!

Revisado: 09-24-24

Detailed well-researched historical narrative sprinkled with relevant anecdotes. After reading the book, I find myself considerably more knowledgeable about the Bronx, and motivated to do further exploration.
The presentation was descriptive but did not tie together with a cohesive theme. I would’ve preferred more editing with more connections between the stories and chapters.

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Clever story line with superb narration

Revisado: 09-14-24

Daisy Edgar Jones shines as the voice of the protagonist who has the good fortune to revisit and re do the last 5 years. The past and present are skillfully integrated chapter by chapter. It was refreshing to read a modern day fairytale.

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Sarah is a prophet

Revisado: 06-01-24

I reread this book 4 years later. Everything Sarah said it suggested rings even truer today than it did when she wrote it. Sarah has keen insight into politics of yesterday today and tomorrow. She has a unique way of blending the stark brutality of the toxic political scene with the beauty and nature of the world around us. I don’t know how she does it.

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Don, please come out of retirement!

Revisado: 06-01-24

The narrative and dialogue are carefully constructed to take the reader from their own world and into the world of the colorful characters of this trilogy. Winslow wraps all the pieces together culminating in a pleasing epilogue. I am hoping that Don Winslow will hate his retirement and surprise us with another trilogy or two.

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Meaningful narrative, worthy of a limited tv series movie

Revisado: 03-09-24

Thoughtfully, woven story, beautifully written and wonderfully narrated. So much of the story, which takes place in the early 20th century, applies to what we experience today. Every now and then the author reminds us of the relevance of this connection.

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Even-handed history from someone who was witness to much of it

Revisado: 01-16-24

Khalidi has written the definitive one volume history of the conflict in the Holy Land. Starting the narrative 100 years ago provides the necessary context to understand what’s happening there today, and why. He skillfully avoids the spinning and propaganda which pervade so much of what is written on the subject today. The narrative is understandable and interesting. 

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