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Reviewed Ghost Road, The - Pat Barker

Ghost Road, The - Pat Barker

The very last instalment withinside the Regeneration Trilogy struck me as a piece unfocused and heavy-passed in its use of symbolism and parallel storylines. However, positive scenes had been very powerful, and the finishing packed a punch. I'm now no longer certain why The Ghost Road in plac...Read more

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Reviewed Remains Of The Day, The - Kazuo Ishiguro

Remains Of The Day, The - Kazuo Ishiguro

Hmm, a literary classic, a highly respected author, and held in high esteem by many. Unfortunately I found it ok. Dislikes: Too much internal dialogue. I knew that the main character was an unreliable narrator and that I would have to read between the lines to find out the truth, but there...Read more

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Reviewed Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally

Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally

What can be said about this novel that has not yet been told? For those who lived under a rock somewhere, this novel is an amazing story. Oskar Schindler's rescue of thousands of men, women and children from Auschwitz is one of his most famous stories to emerge from the horrific events of ...Read more

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Reviewed Amsterdam - Ian McEwan

Amsterdam - Ian McEwan

The ethical issues raised by Ian McEwan in this novel - focusing on political views, freedom of choice, sexuality and media coverage - remain highly relevant and timely, and this novel is more I guess I have to admit that it deserves to be considered one of the better, you should read McEwans.Bu...Read more

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Reviewed Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Matthew Desmond

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

This book is what the world needs right now. The plight of the homeless dying on the streets. Many of them give up their lives. Poor people from eight hours a day to ten hours he does honest work to earn money and pay the mortgage on a house that the landlord will never own. I'm sorry. cap...Read more

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Reviewed Charming Billy - Alice McDermott

Charming Billy - Alice McDermott

I read somewhere that when Alice McDermott's novel Charming Billy was published in 1998, several MFA programs used the first chapter as a model for students in fiction workshops. there is. It's a long 27-page chapter, as you'd expect from today's chapter, but it's set in a small bar in the Bronx...Read more

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Reviewed Blind Assassin, The - Margaret Atwood

Blind Assassin, The - Margaret Atwood

By Atwood, which I read first. Somehow, she avoided The Handmaid's Tale for its dark apocalyptic undertones, which you don't necessarily need to read before bed. I really enjoyed the break from Blind Assassin. I could feel the tension growing with each step. I liked Lenny. The writing is just go...Read more

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Reviewed Sacred Hunger - Barry Unsworth

Sacred Hunger - Barry Unsworth

I teetered between 1 and 2 stars for this Booker Prize winner. The fact of its winning has no effect on my thinking that the book isn't all that great. The problem with so many works of historical fiction is the tendency of authors to show off their exhaustive research by dumping swaths of infor...Read more

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Reviewed Oscar And Lucinda - Peter Carey

Oscar And Lucinda - Peter Carey

Overly long. Quite exciting however satisfied it is over - I cared much less and much less approximately the critical characters and what might take place to them as I were given in the direction of the end. Would have benefited from a few first character narration to assist input the critical c...Read more

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Reviewed Embracing Defeat : Japan In The Wake Of World War II - John Dower

Embracing Defeat : Japan In The Wake Of World War

Just one of the most compelling books of all time. Embrace of Defeat runs both thematically and chronologically from the end of the war to the signing of a peace treaty. In his two most persuasive chapters, his fewer than ten lawyers on MacArthur's staff(none of whom had constitutional experi...Read more

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Reviewed Mission Overseas - Sushant Singh

Mission Overseas - Sushant Singh

It details three of the Indian military's overseas operations. Numerous small information exist regarding the occurrence. However, the narration of operations is subpar. Just for reading purposes, I just finished it.The book is incredibly long and has so much material that it becomes annoying. s...Read more

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Reviewed A Thousand Unspoken Words - Paulami Dutta Gupta

A Thousand Unspoken Words - Paulami Dutta Gupta

The protagonist sometimes seems dead despite being so full of life. The author has written eruditely about changing times and life in Kolkata. How a region that saw intense ideological and religious conflict in the 1970s, together with the government's haughtiness and total indifference, has ...Read more

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Reviewed 7 Untold Secrets of Living Abroad - Karan Agrawal

7 Untold Secrets of Living Abroad - Karan Agrawal

The author beautifully illustrates the seven keys of living abroad with some incredible anecdotes. This book is thoroughly researched and contains all the information you'll need to settle overseas. The author has provided descriptions of the customs, ways of life, and cultures of other nations....Read more

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Reviewed End of Days - Sylvia Browne

End of Days - Sylvia Browne

Silvia Brown was someone I admired and followed while she was still alive and well because she wasn't woo woo and had a solid education. She was of great assistance to both the public and police enforcement. truly talented She is the most accurate psychic, despite the fact that part of what s...Read more

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Reviewed The Magic of the Lost Temple - Sudha Murthy

The Magic of the Lost Temple -Sudha Murthy

Although I haven't purchased it, I read it online and thought it was fantastic, wonderful, and mind-blowing. I love this book so much. I'm considering my options. I want to mention that this book has a lesson for us, and that lesson is that we should always be daring. If we travel, we will disco...Read more

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Reviewed Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par

The movie is all approximately an 8 yr vintage boy named Ishaan Awasti whose global is full of wonders that nobody else appears to appreciate including colors, stars, fish, flora and others animals belongs to nature are simply now no longer vital withinside the global of adults in our society, w...Read more

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Reviewed Dongri To Dubai - S. Hussain Zaidi

Dongri To Dubai - S. Hussain Zaidi

Tori and Dubai is more than just a book. It is the journey of some of the people who changed the history of Mumbai over the 60 years since its independence. The book briefly tells the story of the local mafia and how they operated their network with the help of police officers, politicians, c...Read more

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Reviewed IKIGAI - Hector Garcia

IKIGAI - Hector Garcia

I don't think the author is comprehensive enough to capture the core philosophy of ikigai. Even when they do research, the general findings are superficial and subjective. Reading past the first chapter was frustrating. I basically skipped the entire book. This book is a commentary on her own un...Read more

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Reviewed The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree

I added this book to my physical world bookshelf years ago. I read it several times, but mostly in front of children. Talking to others, I realized that they really disliked this book. I like this book because it makes me uncomfortable. The same is true of Shel Silverstein's "Missing Piece." ...Read more

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