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Ruth Glass

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Real People

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-07-25

Anne Tyler always manages to capture the essence of real people. Even as we dismiss her characters as much too quirky, sometimes even dislikable, we have to acknowledge similar traits. Most important, she always makes us care about them.

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Stuck With My Order

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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-20-24

This is a waste of a credit. I gather many think it’s funny. I consider it sensationalist and a bit pathetic.

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I couldn’t get past the first hour.

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-07-23

Didn’t like characters or the little bit of plot I experienced. I usually stick with things. This seems a waste of time.

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Characters

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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-07-23

In a good book, one cares about the characters. These were not just flawed, which is fine, they were unlikable.

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Sensationalist

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-30-23

I had forgotten how weird and sensationalist John Irving is. A good craftsman, to be sure, but his goal seems to be to alarm or disgust. More pedestrian than clever. I quit halfway.

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Lousy Ending

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-26-23

Copping out and celebrating crime is never a good message. I wonder what the author’s message about women really is.

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Formulaic

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-02-22

I used to love Baldacci’s books. The plot of this one is okay, but he copped out time and again, resorting to cheap gimmicks, sex, and violence. Have a problem? Just create another Murder. Plus his main character was all macho and not much brain. I’ll be hard pressed to read another.

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Stupid and Sexist Stereotypes

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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-30-22

I keep trying to like this but found it stunningly disappointing. Was finally so disgusted I stopped listening. My guess is it was supposed to funny, a spoof. I found it only stupid and incredibly sexist.

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Typical Grisham

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-06-22

Short stories with the Grisham punch and surprises. I especially liked “Strawberry Moon,” a powerful argument against the death penalty through the experiences is a young man sentenced to death at the age of 15.

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Antidote to Current Stuff

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-29-20

Christopher Buckley’s brilliant, biting satire is delightful fun. Just what some doctor ordered. Maybe Fauci??

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