Customer Review: This book is an easy read thanks to the gifted talents of writer Khaled Hosseini. It is a moving and gripping story that is hard to put down, and one I would highly recommend!
Customer Review: Giving hope that this one wouldn't be as boring as the previous books, I was once again bored to tears with this book. You'd think being a secret unit from different agencies and units, being led by a Delta Colonel, there'd be some tid-bit of action in this. Yet, this book falls flat....though... more info
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Being an avid reader and huge post-apocalyptic zombie fan I thought I would really enjoy this book. I think this book suffers in two ways. One is that it tries to be to realistic and instead comes off sounding fake. I never felt scared or hopeless for a character and some of... more info
Customer Review: Slaughterhouse five is one of those great anti-war books in the 60's that is really hard to describe, so I'll make it quick. It tells about Billy Pilgrim, who 'time travels' to many points of his life, including the bombing of Dresden. He also gets kidnapped by aliens and learns about their way of... more info
Customer Review: A remarkable, fluid, enthralling book about WWII written by a French Jew (who ended up being shipped off and killed in a concentration camp). It was published some 50 years posthumously. She paints a detailed portrait of the villagers when the Germans invade as well as the mass exodus from Paris. It... more info
Customer Review: Of all the books published on the Vietnam War, this is the grandaddy. O'Brien's ability to capture the mood and setting of grunts sent to fight an unjust war is amazing and heartrending. While surviving with your buddy was the most important task in 'Nam, the ways to make that happen differed... more info
Customer Review: I have enjoyed reading this translation. I applaud the retention of the orignal French. I do not know Russian so I cannot judge this translation by comparing it with others on the ground of fidelity to the original. As a reader, however, I think the old Maude translation is occasionally smoother and... more info
Customer Review: MASH is definetly the one word to describe this book. I can't imagine that the sitcom, MASH, wasn't inspired by this book. You can even pick out certain characters although they are sometimes blended together or split apart. Although, MASH would have been limited to Cinemax if it was an accurate... more info
Customer Review: I'm mystified by those who find this novel dull or somehow not up to snuff. I am totally enthralled by it, and find myself re-reading paragraphs because of Enger's uncanny ability to get the language "just right." He is a master when it comes to the turn of a phrase. The story is full of... more info
Customer Review: As a huge fan of The Old Man and the Sea, I was very excited about reading this novel. I was therfore surprised to find that parts of this book I struggled through and found slow moving.
In particular, the love story between Robert and Maria did nothing to move me, finding Maria not so much... more info
