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I promised some students I would give the “Twilight” series a try this summer, so I borrowed my niece’s copy and gave it a try. While I did enjoy the book, I don’t think I’ll finish the series. I could definitely see adolescent girls love for this book. It is actually a rather chaste love story. Great for girls who need innocent romance and a bit of rebellion. I would have probably been hooked back in the day. Having been to Forks (in the 80’s) it was good to visualize that beautiful area. I’m not big on vampires, although this really didn’t seem like a vampire book. More a version of the white knight rescuing. It is really cool how many different ages of people I have spoken with who love the series. Don’t know if I Netflix the movie or not…
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I liked this book. One reason is that there is a ton of high-tech things that the fairies use. Another is that the fairies are different from the creatures you read about in fairy tales. Also it was funny at times as well. The centaur named Foaly had a pretty good sense of humor at most times. It also had a lot of action in it as well.
There were, however, also a few things I did not like. One was people’s language at times, like that one commander who said, “Blow the door off its **** hinges.” There were a few other times people swore too. That was almost about the only thing I did not like about the book though.
In this book I did not really have a favorite part. I liked just about all of them. Altogether, it was a very good book.
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I bought this to use instead of a USB drive. I run a number of portable applications off of it and they run well primarily because it’s a class 6 card.
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With over 1,700 reviews logged in here, I’ll add my two cents worth.
If you’re reading this as “newest first”, let me warn you that most reviews contain spoilers about which you are not always warned.
This book was recommended by a friend and I found it to be an easy and enjoyable reading experience. That being said, I suggest that anyone, as an individual reader, will take from it what they will. I gave it 4 stars because it just doesn’t reach my standard of a great piece of literature or really in-depth study of something. From an enjoyment/entertainment perspective it is 4.5 or more, just not 5.0.
A lot depends on the mood you’re in when you read this book. Also, your expectations can help or hurt your appraisal of the work.
This book is part romance, part mystery, part documentary and part sociological treatise. It recaps an aging man’s life, mostly focusing on his young adult experience against the seedy backdrop of a traveling circus during the Great Depression.
Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional! If you have fought growing up, and if you ever had a romanticized vision of running away with the circus, you may understand this book. You may not like it, but you will come to some thought or understanding of what the author was trying to say. You may lose some illusions, though, which you might have wished you could have maintained.
Many of the negative reviews here criticize the language and sexually graphic descriptions of some scenes. The particular scenes probably accurately reflect the circumstances of the times. So what else is new?
These instances are almost glossed over. While not appropriate for children, the treatment fits into the docu-drama which debunks any romanticized vision of circus life.
As a novel, I didn’t know where the story was ultimately going. One confrontational segment, given much emphasis, seemed unexplained or unresolved. There was a twist at the end which is thought provoking.
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